Lawmakers’ civics center mandate at UK is an unwise intrusion

By: Kumble Subbaswamy

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 1, 2026

Words: 703

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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When the Kentucky General Assembly could not reconcile the House and Senate versions of Senate Bill 4 — a measure best known for restructuring the Jefferson and Fayette county school boards — its free conference committee added something neither chamber had debated: a Center for American Civics at the University of Kentucky. UK never asked for it; the university’s own spokesperson conceded it was “not a legislative priority.”

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