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The state s Senate Education Committee cleared legislation Thursday that would get rid of two non-voting seats reserved for a public school teacher and a high school student on the Kentucky Board of Education a move, some warn, that would mute important voices.
The Kentucky Student Voice Team quickly launched a #SaveOurSeats campaign opposing the proposed change to House Bill 178. We know that having young people and educators as primary stakeholders of the education system in the decision-making room is only going to be beneficial for the commonwealth, Emanuelle Sippy, the student-led organization s co-director, told The Courier Journal. When the folks who are crafting policy can be informed by the daily lived experience and expertise of educators and students, that’s going to strengthen our policy and our legislation, Sippy, a senior at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, said Thursday.