Kentucky Supreme Court justices all agreed that the Republican-controlled legislature’s 2022 law allowing charter schools is unconstitutional. In a Thursday opinion written by Justice Michelle Keller, the seven justices ruled that the law did not meet the requirement in the Kentucky Constitution for lawmakers to “provide for an efficient system of common schools” across the state. “With due respect […]
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What is ‘citizenship requirement’ amendment?
Titled the Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment, or Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1, the state’s Constitution would be changed to say that only U.S. citizens could vote in elections in the state, according to Ballotpedia. This also includes elections for school trustees and local school board elections. Noncitizens already are not allowed to vote or register […]
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Bill seeks to bar noncitizens from school board elections
Two Republican state lawmakers are backing a proposed constitutional change to ensure non-U.S. citizens can’t vote in state and local school board elections. Rep. Michael Meredith (R-Oakland) and Rep. Killian Timoney (R-Nicholasville) are the lead sponsors of House Bill 341 proposing the change. In a committee hearing on the bill Thursday, Meredith said the proposal […]
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Explainer: Kentucky Legislature
One look at the Kentucky state seal gives you a glimpse of the state’s history. For starters Kentucky is officially a commonwealth, as written on the seal. But it is also a state. Ask a political historian why a U.S. state would call itself a commonwealth – a traditional British word – and the usual […]
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Circuit judge strikes down state charter school funding measure
Written by Bruce Schreiner of the Associated Press A Kentucky law aimed at setting up a funding method for charter schools was struck down by a judge on Monday, dealing another setback for school choice advocates. The decision stymies efforts, for now, to give charter schools a foothold in the Bluegrass State. But it could […]