In 2012, when PGA golfer “Bubba” Watson won the Masters tournament, he was asked if he had ever dreamed of winning such a prestigious event. Blinking back tears, Watson replied that his “dreams had never gotten this far.”
Parents of children forced to attend substandard public schools, particularly here in Jefferson County, have also had seemingly unattainable dreams of someday being able to choose and, more importantly, afford a different path for their children. Turning those dreams into reality for families in Kentucky’s 13 most populous counties is now possible thanks to the recent passage of House Bill 563 by the General Assembly. (I predict this reform will be extended statewide by the end of the next legislative session.)
By Kate Royals and Bobby Harrison
Apr 8, 2021 10:26 AM
Before Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann finished his post-legislative session press conference on April 1, education advocates and politicos rapidly fired off texts to one another and to reporters, opining about an assertion he made.
“This year education had its best year since, probably since William Winter,” Hosemann said early in the press conference.
Hosemann was harkening back to the 1982 session, when former Gov. William Winter ushered one of the state’s most transformative legislative education packages. It increased teacher pay, established public kindergarten and compulsory school attendance, and created a statewide testing program for performance-based accreditation of public schools.
Flashback: Raymond Town Public School closed down because of the lack of teachers (2019)
In an effort to attract qualified and experienced teachers or instructors in the leeward counties and boost the morale of teachers in rural Liberia to improve the learning environment, the House of Representatives has amended the Education Reform Act of 2011.
On Tuesday, March 2, the 14th day sitting, the Lawmakers amended Chapter 9: Financing Education of the New Education Reform Act of 2011, Title 10, Liberia Revised Code, to provide for section 9.2 and all other subsections for the establishment of Rural Teachers Incentive Fund.
The House voted unanimously following a motion from Bong County District #5 Representative Edward Kafiah.
House Passes Act Amending Education Reform Law to Establish Rural Teacher Incentive Fund
House Passes Act Amending Education Reform Law to Establish Rural Teacher Incentive Fund
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Capitol Hill, Monrovia – The Plenary of the House of Representatives, through a unanimous vote, has passed an Act amending the Education Reform Law of 2011 to establish rural teacher incentive fund.
Plenary took the decision on Thursday to amend the law by adding Chapter 9.2 under the title Financing Education to the existing law. The move was based on the advice of a specialized committee headed by Rep. P. Mark Jurry of Maryland County.
It can be recalled that in March 2020, Plenary discussed a “Discharge Petition” which emanated from a communication by Rep. Alexander Poure of District #1, River Gee County and mandated a specialized committee to work on the proposed amendment on the Education reform Act of 2011.