An ethics complaint filed as a controversial bill funding a charter school pilot program moved through the legislature in 2022 against Rep. Kim Banta (R-Fort Wright) has been dismissed. Banta served on the House education committee where the bill initially passed, and her vote proved crucial to the bill moving through the committee, then the […]
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What’s next in NKY’s pilot charter school saga
This story originally appeared in the Jan. 13 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe. Questions are looming after Northern Kentucky University in December declined to be the authorizer of the region’s pilot charter school, and the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a key charter school funding element was unconstitutional. In […]
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NKU will not oversee Northern Kentucky charter schools
A charter school pilot is coming to Northern Kentucky, but the region’s largest university will not be its authorizer. Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents declined to take action Tuesday to be the authorizer — the institution that can approve, deny, and oversee a charter school — ending months of speculation about a project for […]
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What can NKY learn from Ohio charter schools?
Northern Kentucky as the likely spot for a pilot program, education leaders are no longer talking about the demand for charters but the possible pitfalls of having one and how to overcome them.
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NKU lobbied charter school bill after learning of ‘authorizer’ role
The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission releases information on who lobbied during the legislative session on the 15th of each month. Over the past week, KLEC released records that showed that the Northern Kentucky University Foundation lobbied House Bill 9, the controversial charter school bill, during the last month of the session. But, the reports show […]