charter schools

The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) voted at its regular meeting Feb. 4 to grant waivers to school boards wishing to hold off on 12 hours of charter…

Governor Matt Bevin signed an executive order Friday that establishes the Kentucky Charter Schools Advisory Council to ensure successful implementation of…

Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer doesn’t think school should start in Kentucky until late August.The Georgetown Republican is co-sponsoring legislation…

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers believes the General Assembly will pass legislation this year to combat heroin abuse and expand domestic violence…

Kentucky’s public schools are failing minority and economically disadvantaged children to an extraordinary degree, that’s what the chairman of the…

A bill that would allow persistently low-achieving public schools to convert to privately-run charter schools has cleared the Kentucky Senate. The measure…

The Kentucky House has voted to allow school districts to shorten the academic year by up to ten days this spring. The issue has been heavily debated the…

Even though he has recommended a two-point-five percent cut to higher education in his new, two-year budget, Governor Beshear says reductions in…

Kentucky lawmakers are expected to consider legislation for better disease management in schools for children with diabetes. Stewart Perry, state advocate…

A public hearing in Frankfort this week on charter schools underscored stark differences of opinion between the Republican chairman of the Senate…