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Olivia Krauth

@oliviakrauth

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

@oliviakrauth

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!

https://twitter.com/oliviakrauth/status/1478526367830622210

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

https://twitter.com/oliviakrauth/status/1478526367830622210

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

@oliviakrauth

5 Jan

https://twitter.com/oliviakrauth/status/1478439533435834376

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.

https://twitter.com/oliviakrauth/status/1478439533435834376

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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Olivia Krauth

@oliviakrauth

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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Olivia Krauth

@oliviakrauth

6 Sep 21

https://twitter.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/1434612398959308813

Respectfully, what did I just watch

https://twitter.com/AndyBeshearKY/status/1434612398959308813

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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