In last minute add-on, lawmakers directed UK to open a ‘Center of American Civics’

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 26, 2026

Words: 707

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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A center for civics courses is coming to the University of Kentucky after state Republican lawmakers approved an eleventh-hour addition to an education bill earlier this year, but it’s unclear who spearheaded the idea.

Senate Bill 4 came out of a conference committee of lawmakers ahead of the veto period with a new addition — establishing a Center of American Civics at UK. The bill had made headlines at the time for …

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