Trigg County School Board Shaves Property Tax Rate wkdzradio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wkdzradio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kentucky legislators should mirror President Joe Bidenâs determination to reopen public schools and get kids back into classrooms.
They should not be wasting effort on legislation encouraging local districts to bow to pressure from teachersâ unions to keep public school doors locked while continuing the increasingly unpopular online fiasco known as nontraditional instruction (NTI).
House Bill 208 (HB 208) recently passed by the House Education Committee is an example of such poor legislation.
This bill allows school districts to receive Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) funds â the state portion of funding for each public school student â based on attendance figures from as far back as the 2018-19 academic year even though thousands of students in these districts havenât seen the inside of a classroom since March due to Gov. Andy Beshearâs unending stream of executive orders related to COVID-19.
Trigg County Public Schools officials have received a favorable response to one of their calendar options that starts the 2021-2022 school year on Aug. 11, includes a full week each for fall and spring breaks and ends on May 19, a day earlier than the second option available on the school website.
James Mangels, the districtâs director of personnel and student support services, told board members that 70% of the 442 people responding to a survey on the two options prefer the Aug. 11 start date.
The second option offers a start date of Aug. 18, includes only two days for fall break and sets a last day for students on May 20. Additionally, schools would be in session for staff and students on Feb. 21, 2022, Presidentsâ Day, whereas there is no school on that day in the first calendar option.
Pulaski County Schools Superintendent Patrick Richardson
Kyle Lively
Superintendents in the three Pulaski-area public school districts seemed cautious in their response to the education-related budget items put forth Thursday during Governor Andy Beshearâs State of the Union address. While they all approved the additions, they seemed unsure as to whether the proposals would make it to the final draft.
Within the version of the budget that Beshear proposed, he included a $1,000 salary increase for teachers and classified staff, which includes cafeteria workers, bus drivers and janitors.
The proposed budget also includes a 1% increase in school federal funding, known as Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) funding.
Principals give reports during school board meeting kentuckynewera.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kentuckynewera.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.