FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky General Assembly voted Wednesday to overridde Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of legislation funding public charter schools.
The House voted 52-46 to send House Bill 9, sponsored by House Majority Whip Chad McCoy, to the Senate for further consideration. The Senate later voted to override Beshear's veto on a 22-15 vote, making the measure law.
Charter schools have been legal in Kentucky since 2017, but they have lacked a permanent funding source. HB 9 would require federal, state and local tax dollars to flow to charter schools based on proportionate per-pupil funding.
Beshear said in his veto message that he believed the funding mechanism outlined in HB 9 and the requirements that pilot charter urban academies open in Jefferson County and northern Kentucky were unconstitutional.
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