Kentucky Teachers

Kentucky’s legislature unanimously approved a measure last year mandating that school employees and volunteers use traceable forms of communications when they contact students outside the classroom. But now, the bill’s original sponsor wants to fix some unintended consequences that teachers and education advocacy groups have brought to her attention.

Some Kentucky educators are worried that the impacts of a new law mandating districts to use traceable communications systems stretch far beyond its intentions.

As teachers leave Kentucky classrooms at an alarming rate, the GOP-led Legislature is hoping to entice more people into the profession with loan forgiveness and student stipends.

House lawmakers want to give Kentucky student teachers a small stipend and join a handful of other states that pay teacher interns.

Kentucky House lawmakers passed a new version of a measure to speed up investigations into educator wrongdoing Wednesday.

A Kentucky Senate committee advanced a bill that would limit the unused sick days teacher’s could count toward retirement.

Amid a dire teacher shortage, a committee of Kentucky lawmakers advanced a measure that would allow applicants without college experience to substitute teach.

House Bill 275 would require districts and private schools to check with applicants’ previous employers to verify they were not found to have sexually abused students.

Almost a quarter of Kentucky teachers left the classroom last school year, according to data from the Kentucky Department of Education.

A staffing crisis in Kentucky classrooms has been front and center this legislative session. Here’s a roundup of bills lawmakers advanced that might help, or hurt.