The House voted 52-46 to send House Bill 9, sponsored by House Majority Whip Chad McCoy, to the Senate for further consideration.

Beshear struck down House Bill 9, sponsored by House Majority Whip Chad McCoy, on Thursday. 

Legislation providing permanent funding for public charter schools in Kentucky cleared its last legislative hurdle before lawmakers break for the session's veto recess.

House Bill 9, sponsored by House Majority Whip Chad McCoy, would allow charter schools to collect state funding by student enrollment and cleared the Senate Education Committee on a 8-3 vote with one “pass” vote.

KY 120 United AFT, which started as a grassroots advocacy group that later organized with the American Federation of Teachers, filed a complaint with the Legislative Ethics Commission against Rep. Kim Banta, R-Ft. Mitchell, alleging that her family stood to benefit if lawmakers fund charter schools.