NEW: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vetoed a bill to fund students instead of systems Wednesday
He said "I am a proud product of public education. A proud graduate of Kentucky's public schools."
But newly surfaced documents reveal he also attended private school in Kentucky.
Governor Beshear: "I went to Kentucky's public schools"
Governor Beshear: "I am a proud product of public education. A proud graduate of Kentucky's public schools. My commitment to public education runs deep." lex18.com/news/covering-…
When confronted about sending his own kids to private schools in 2019:
Reporter: "Is that hypocritical that your children go to private school?"
Governor Beshear: "I'm a public school graduate."
Governor Beshear had the opportunity to attend private school
He sent his children to private school
I'm glad his family had those opportunities
But why fight against school choice for others?🤔
Beshear vetoed Kentucky's bill to fund students instead of systems Wednesday
The Legislature is expected to vote to override the veto tomorrow
Kentucky requires a constitutional majority to override a veto
New Study: School reopenings are linked to union influence and political partisanship but not COVID-19 hospitalization rates.
"We find that pandemic severity, as measured by the county COVID-19 hospitalization rate, had no relationship with the probability of in-person reopening." bradmarianno.faculty.unlv.edu/working-papers/
"These findings match a growing body of literature that suggests local school reopening decisions are more about interest group influence and politics instead of pandemic spread (DeAngelis, & Makridis, 2020; Grossman et al., 2020; Hartney & Finger, 2020)"