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Republican’s request for Pulaski school employees’ communications too broad, says Kentucky AG
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office has denied a Republican political strategist’s open records request and sided with Pulaski County Schools regarding communications about a proposed constitutional amendment that could affect school funding. In the decision issued Friday, the attorney general’s office said the school district did not violate the state’s Open Records Act when […]
Opinion – Jason Hall: Kentuckians deserve both well-funded public schools, and the right to choose
School choice hasn’t destroyed public education in 48 states. It won’t in Kentucky either. In November, Kentucky voters will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment on educational choice. This is a unique opportunity to advance the well-being of all Kentucky students and I encourage everyone to support it.
Fifteen educators named to KY Department of Education 2024-2025 Teachers Advisory Council
The Kentucky Department of Education has named 15 Kentucky public school educators, including two from Northern Kentucky, to the 2024-2025 Teachers Advisory Council (TAC). The council is designed to improve Kentucky’s educational landscape by providing the commissioner of education with direct input from classrooms. Bridging the gap between policy and practice, TAC was created to advise the commissioner on educational priorities so students of the Commonwealth are well-prepared for any career they choose.
Opinion – CPC: How we can remove politics from Kentucky’s colleges and universities
Kentucky’s largest universities were under a legislative microscope on September 17 at a hearing of the Interim Joint Committee on Education in Frankfort. The hearing came on the heels of actions taken by the University of Kentucky and Northern Kentucky University to close their offices for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Scott Horn of Open Government Coalition honored for service to First Amendment by UK journalism school
The University of Kentucky Scripps Howard First Amendment Center awarded the ’24 James Madison Award to Scott Horn, a director of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition . He was selected for the annual award by a panel assembled by the University’s School for Journalism and Media. He was chosen for his commitment to public awareness and understanding of the Kentucky open records and open meetings laws by curating the Sunshine Law Library on the coalition’s website . He built the weekly updated library which gives the public unrestricted, no-cost access to review decades of authority governing Kentucky’s open records and meetings laws, allowing citizens, from their own computers, to educate themselves about their rights and independently assess whether those rights have been violated.
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