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The Kentucky Department of Education announced Tuesday that Christian County teacher Alissa Riley will serve as a non-voting member on the state’s Board of Education for the upcoming school year.
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Kentucky's governor made two new appointments to the state board of education on Tuesday, taking action days after drawing election-year criticism for a lapse in adding members to the board.
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Republicans have stepped up criticism of Kentucky’s Democratic governor for a lapse in appointments to the state school board. It revives a contentious issue but with a different twist. When he took office, Gov. Andy Beshear overhauled the Kentucky Board of Education, drawing criticism from Republicans. Now Beshear is drawing GOP ire for inaction in dealing with board membership. The dust-up surfaced when the Courier Journal reported that two state school board seats have sat idle for more than a year, GOP leaders say at least one of those board positions — by law — should go to a Republican.
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The bill would remove power over board and superintendent appointments another degree away from the governor’s control.
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The changes are required under a new state law inspired by a backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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It’s legal for educators to use pain as a form of discipline in Kentucky public schools. Now the board wants to put more guardrails on the practice.
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Almost all western Kentucky school districts have decided to require face masks in schools following the state legislature’s decision to eliminate a statewide school mask mandate and leave the decision up to the districts and school boards.
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State senators voted Monday to strip the Kentucky Board of Education of its new non-voting student and teacher members.Gov. Andy Beshear added the teacher…
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A bill banning governors from reorganizing the Kentucky Board of Education passed out of a legislative committee on Tuesday morning.House Bill 178 comes…
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The Kentucky Board of Education is awarding a Murray nonprofit dedicated to feeding families with the 2020 Kevin C. Brown Strategic Priority Award.The KBE…