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The Board of Education Discusses New Policies

By Associated Press

Frankfort, KY – The Kentucky Board of Education begins a two-day meeting in Danville today. The meeting is at the Kentucky School for the Deaf today and moves Frankfort tomorrow. One item on the agenda is a final review of how the state will assess public school performance as part of the state's overhaul of public education. Also to be given final review will be new standards for subjects such as arts and humanities and practical living. Also today, board officials hold a ceremony at the School for the Deaf to give diplomas to blacks who were enrolled there between 1930 and 1955 but did not receive recognition.