WHITLEY COUNTY - Teachers, staff and employees in the Whitley County School District worried about spending sick time and personal time to cover a potential quarantine this school year can
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – The Kentucky Board of Education has approved an emergency regulation that requires all individuals inside public school facilities to wear a face covering, which could remain
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Recently created non-voting seats one for a public school teacher and another for a high school student are not included in the new proposed makeup of the board. The move prompted a backlash from teacher and student groups, culminating in the #SaveOurSeats campaign.
Lexington Democrat Reggie Thomas said the two groups should have a role in the decision-making process at the state level. Those constituencies ought to be represented and their voices ought to be heard because they have the most at stake when we talk about education, he said.
What the bill does mandate is proportional political and minority representation, along with generally equal gender membership, on the panel.
Credit Ky. Dept. of Education
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 position when he reorganized the board upon taking office in December 2019, appointing Rowan County special education teacher Allison Slone. He later added the student member: Jefferson County Public Schools student Solyana Mesfin, a junior at Eastern High School. Mesfin and Slone serve in an ex-officio, or non-voting advisory capacity, along with Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and Council on Postsecondary Education president Aaron Thompson.
The bill passed by the Senate Monday would reorganize the board again requiring members of both major political parties. It would also require equal representation of men and women and “racial minority” representation based on the “total racial minority population” of the state.