KBE approves legislative agenda
During its Dec. 5 regular meeting in Frankfort, the Kentucky Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the department’s legislative agenda as its own.
Pruitt tells board ESSA reauthorization provides opportunity for Kentucky education
Reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act ushers in a new day in Kentucky and across the nation, Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt told the Kentucky Board of Education at its meeting Dec. 9 in Frankfort. The U.S. Senate approved the bill, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), by a vote of 85-12 on the same [...]
KBE focuses on need for school funding
At the Kentucky Board of Education meeting yesterday, Commissioner Terry Holliday warned of teacher layoffs and an increase in the number of school districts that will fail financially if they do not receive a restoration of funding in the upcoming legislative session.