Education

Adequate Fund Balances are Crucial for Prudent School District Management and Should Not be Relied Upon to Make Up for State Funding Cuts

One of the ways the governor’s budget expects local school districts to make up for significant cuts he has proposed...

State Budget Cuts to Education Hurt Kentucky’s Classrooms and Kids

Click to view report as a PDF. Education is crucial to Kentucky’s success. However, as the state legislature has been disinvesting in P-12 education over the past decade, it has...

Analysis

Governor’s Budget Cuts Per-Student SEEK Funding

The Support for Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) formula is the primary source of funding for the state’s local school districts. Despite the perception that SEEK funding is not cut...

Report

Governor’s Budget Cuts Education, Eliminates Some Programs

Click to download a PDF of KCEP's initial analysis of the governor's budget proposal. The governor’s proposed budget makes deep cuts to education, eliminates funding for 70 programs and makes cuts...

Analysis

School Voucher Tax Break Proposals Further Threaten Funding for Public Education

Bills have already been filed in both the Senate and the House this session that would further threaten resources for Kentucky’s already underfunded public schools and other services, allow high-income...

Funding Gap Between Kentucky’s Wealthy and Poor School Districts Climbing Toward Pre-KERA Levels

A new report by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy shows the funding disparity between Kentucky’s wealthiest and poorest school districts is getting closer to the level it was before...

Report

The Funding Gap Between Kentucky’s Poor and Wealthy School Districts Continues to Grow

Click to view as a PDF As a result of decreasing reliance on state funding for education and an increasing reliance on local school district resources, the gap in per-pupil...

Analysis

Report Shows Kentucky’s Preschool and Kindergarten Programs Effective, Need Greater Investment

High quality early childhood education has long been understood to be an important investment with a significant return. While our state has done more in recent years to expand access...

Analysis

Kentucky Still Among the Worst for Student Loan Default

Kentucky again ranks among the worst states for rates of student loan default, according to new data released by the U.S. Department of Education. This latest data is yet another...

Analysis

Pell Grant Cuts Would Reduce College Access and Economic Opportunity in Kentucky

The recent U.S. House budget resolution would slash the Pell Grant program by $75 billion over the next decade, cutting the maximum grant by $1,060 or 18 percent. Pell Grants...

Adequate Fund Balances are Crucial for Prudent School District Management and Should Not be Relied Upon to Make Up for State Funding Cuts

State Budget Cuts to Education Hurt Kentucky’s Classrooms and Kids

Governor’s Budget Cuts Per-Student SEEK Funding

Governor’s Budget Cuts Education, Eliminates Some Programs

School Voucher Tax Break Proposals Further Threaten Funding for Public Education

Funding Gap Between Kentucky’s Wealthy and Poor School Districts Climbing Toward Pre-KERA Levels

The Funding Gap Between Kentucky’s Poor and Wealthy School Districts Continues to Grow

Report Shows Kentucky’s Preschool and Kindergarten Programs Effective, Need Greater Investment

Kentucky Still Among the Worst for Student Loan Default

Pell Grant Cuts Would Reduce College Access and Economic Opportunity in Kentucky

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