KY House passes education bills. School officials support one. A union opposes the other.

By: McKenna Horsley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 455

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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FRANKFORT — The Kentucky House passed a pair of Republican education bills Tuesday that would impose a new accountability and assessment system for public school students and allow state colleges and universities to fire faculty for financial reasons.

One has the backing of the Kentucky Department of Education, while the other is opposed by university union workers.

The one backed by KDE, House Bill 257 from Rep. J.T. Payne, R-Henderson, would implement a …

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