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UNWILLING & DISABLED: BALANCING COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE WITH THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES By: Joshua B. Crabtree & Anna Stewart Whites Since taking office in 2007, one of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s priorities has been to raise the high school dropout age from 16 to 18.i The prior law imposed a drop out age of 16, pursuant…

Bill to Create More Transparency & Accountability for Incentive Programs Frankfort, KY—Representative Larry Clark (D-Louisville) has pre-filed legislation to implement more transparent reporting on Kentucky’s economic incentive programs by the two cabinets that administer them.  BR 23 is similar to HB 242 that passed 100-0 in the House of Representatives during the 2013 legislative session…

The first meeting of the Advisory Committee for Kentucky Highway project 864 (widening of Beulah Church Road from two lanes to three lanes from Cedar Creek Road to I-265 Gene Snyder) will be held on Thursday, July 18, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. at the Teamsters Local 783 Hall, 7711 Beulah Church Road, Louisville. The purpose…

Second new building underway on UofL’s Shelby Campus LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville Foundation today broke ground on the second new office building on the University of Louisville’s Shelby Campus. The building, known as 700 North Hurstbourne, is a joint venture between the UofL Foundation and NTS Development Company and follows the successful…

Louisville, Ky. (July 1, 2013) — Kentucky students and parents who need help paying for college can now get lower interest rates on Advantage Education Loans from the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation (KHESLC). On July 1, interest rates dropped to as low as 5.29 percent. The exact rate will depend on creditworthiness, choice…

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Congressional Budget Office’s Score of Commonsense Immigration Reform We have more proof that bipartisan commonsense immigration reform will be good for economic growth and deficit reduction: this time, in the form of a nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimate. The independent Congressional Budget Office released today their score of…

I wanted to let you know that Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) and the Jefferson County Teachers Association (JCTA) have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year labor contract. Meeting student needs and providing the best possible education have been the primary goals for both parties throughout our negotiations, and the agreement builds upon…

(Frankfort, KY) – Kentucky recorded better than expected gains in student achievement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and is leading the way as a high-performing state among those receiving waivers from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The findings are among those in a recently released national study, The New…

From Governor Beshear’s office: FRANKFORT, Ky.  (June 20, 2013) –  “I have today issued a proclamation calling the Kentucky General Assembly into special session on Aug. 19, 2013, to address legislative and judicial redistricting. Leaders in both chambers have indicated to me a willingness to utilize the same census numbers for legislative and judicial redistricting…

Declaring “the road to the region’s future starts here,” Gov. Beshear officially signaled the start of construction Tuesday, June 18, 2013 on the Downtown Crossing of the Ohio River Bridges Project – the first new bridge at the Falls of the Ohio in half a century. Children joined Beshear and other dignitaries for the “community…