Kentucky ballot measure would divert public money to private schools
Kentuckians casting a vote on Amendment 2 this November will decide whether to change the state Constitution to allow public funding of private schools.
New data show Amendment 2 would directly hit the state’s poorest rural areas the hardest – communities where public schools are also large employers.
Ballard County School Superintendent Casey Allen, Ph.D., said siphoning money away from his district would further harm already struggling schools – that have lost state and federal dollars due to population decline, but still have fixed costs to keep facilities up and running.
“Like a lot of Kentucky school districts that are rural, we are experiencing declining enrollment,” said Allen, “which is one of our funding mechanisms.”
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