GOP sponsor says scholarships fueled by US tax credit would also benefit public schools

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 1,049

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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A bill opting Kentucky into a tax credit program promoted by the Trump administration to fund scholarships for K-12 students is winging its way through Kentucky’s Republican-controlled legislature.

The Senate Education Committee gave its approval to House Bill 1 Thursday morning, the day after the measure arrived in the Senate. Eleven Republicans voted in favor of the bill while the two Democrats on the committee voted against it.

HB 1 passed through the …

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