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April 14, 2025edby

HOW HAS SEEK FUNDING SHIFTED SINCE 2008?

Since 1990, SEEK (short for Support Education Excellence in Kentucky) has been the Commonwealth’s main mechanism for...
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October 20, 2022Uncategorizedby

Income, Race and Cross-Tabulated Insights

Crosstabs! The data files for the Kentucky school report card have crosstabs!
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

2. What student results are charter schools expected to deliver?

State law on charter schools  has two kinds of requirements for student results:First, Kentucky’s school accountability system will apply. That system includes student assessments, other kinds of data, school ratings, and support and improvement actions when schools have especially weak results. It’s clear that charter …
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

Charter Schools: Taking on the Questions

With the passage of 2022’s House Bill 9, Kentucky has moved a step closer to having some public charter schools.
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

Adding new questions about charter schools

This Charter School Q & A series took on the Kentucky questions we’ve heard repeatedly. In trying to answer those questions, we’ve surfaced some new questions, and I want to conclude the series by sharing those issues as a set: Accountability: How will charter schools …
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

8. What funding can charter schools receive?

In 2022, House Bill 9 added rules for funding Kentucky charter schools. Those new provisions call for each charter school to share in most of federal, state, and local revenue available in their “district of location.” With that intent quite clear, the implementation is still …
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

7. How can charter schools be closed if they do not deliver?

Kentucky charter schools will have five-year contracts and be able to seek renewal for additional years.Charter authorizer will be able to refuse to renew a charter school’s contract if the school: Fails to “meet or make significant progress toward” performance expectations Persistently fails to correct …
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

5. Who can authorize charter schools?

In charter school operation, the authorizer is a government body that approves an application to form a charter school, enters a contract with the school’s board, provides oversight, and decides on renewal or closure of the school. Options and Appeals Kentucky law allows multiple authorizers …
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

1. What is a charter school?

Under  Kentucky law, a public charter school will be one that: Serves students whose families apply, with a lottery to award seats if there are too many applications Is governed by a board of directors Receives authorization and oversight from another public agency: a school …
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May 11, 2022charter-schoolsby

3. Which school laws do charter schools have to follow?

Here are some important examples of Kentucky rules that charter schools probably will not have to follow:
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