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7 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
A few education policy updates from #KYGA22 👇

Senate Bill 59 would make more tweaks to the school accountability system, including adding a few ways kids could be considered ready for college or career.

apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/sb…
Six floor amendments have been filed for Senate Bill 25, the one with remote learning days.

All of the amendments basically do the same thing: Give districts 20-25 targeted remote days per school, instead of 10.

apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/sb…
And Senate Bill 1, the school council bill, has two floor amendments.

One would add a parent seat to SBDM councils, bringing them in line with teacher seats.

Another would require a superintendent to implement a "culturally responsive curriculum."

apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22rs/sb…
The Senate did not vote on SB 1 or SB 25 today. Those votes could come tomorrow, or really at any point from now until mid-April. #KYGA22

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Olivia Krauth Profile picture
8 Jan
The Kentucky Senate is back for a fun Saturday session. Hearing the two education bills, SB 1 and SB 25, could come up for a vote. #KYGA22
Aight, SB 1 is up in the Senate!

Again, this is the school council bill that would move power over curriculum and principal hiring from SBDM councils to superintendents.

Sen. John Schickel, the bill's sponsor, says the school governance model is "dysfunctional."
Schickel, a NKY Republican, says the problem with SBDM councils is that "it does not answer to the entire community and only answers to a select number of people."

He reiterates the power shift would give the taxpayers more of a say in schools.
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Olivia Krauth Profile picture
6 Jan
Aight, y'all, it is party time.

The Senate Education Committee is about to begin its first meeting of #KYGA22, and what an agenda!

SB 1 would gut the power of SBDM councils.

SB 25 would give districts 10 extra remote learning days.

Follow along!
SB 1 is up first — here's my thread from a few days ago on what it does + why it matters 👇

Sen. John Schickel, the bill's sponsor, says the bill does two things:

1. It puts the final say of curriculum with the citizens (technically, it moves the authority to the superintendent, refer to the above thread for an explanation)

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Olivia Krauth Profile picture
5 Jan
Someone asked if I could explain what Senate Bill 1 — the school council bill of #KYGA22 — means as if they are five.

Yes, I would be honored to do so. A thread.
Basically, Kentuckians love local control.

So, several major school decisions — curriculum, textbooks, teachers — are made by school-level councils of teachers, parents and a school leader.

These are SBDM councils, with the "s" standing for site or school.
In the last few legislative sessions, bills have been filed to change the makeup of these councils to align the voting power of teachers and parents. (Teachers get 3 seats, parents get 2)
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7 Sep 21
Kentucky's special session on COVID-19 starts today.

A working draft of an education-specific bill shared with me would end the Ky. Board of Ed's mask mandate for public schools.
A non-NTI "remote learning" category would be created.

Districts could assign individual schools, grades, classes or groups of students to remote learning but could not go longer than necessary to alleviate student and staff absences.

Districts would get up to 20 remote days.
Districts could NOT assign all students in the district to remote learning, so this wouldn't be a NTI shutdown type of thing.

The working draft, again a *draft*, does not offer additional NTI days.
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6 Sep 21
Respectfully, what did I just watch
upon further reflection, do i need to be concerned about a rogue pack of skunks in the frankfort area whilst covering the special session
"there is definitely a masculine, *gubernatorial* way to scream for your wife when your dog has been skunked."

still so many questions, so much to unpack. so much.
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4 Sep 21
Yee-haw, see y'all in Frankfort.

courier-journal.com/story/news/pol…
ICYMI: Here's a recap of what lawmakers may look at on the education front during the special session.

courier-journal.com/story/news/edu…
Here's the education-specific section of Beshear's call for a special session. Image
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