A limited bill to introduce charter schools in Kentucky passed the state’s Senate, but failed in the House.
Kentucky has almost no school choice, unless families can afford private school tuition or higher property taxes in a school district they prefer. Senate Bill 176 was the “most successful to date” school choice bill, said Richard Innes, an education analyst at the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions.
“Most of these bills, if they’re going to do something good for education, get blocked by the teachers union and the House,” Innes said. Read more.
This article appeared in School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute, April 29, 2013.
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