The group will study the JCPS administration and recommend possible reforms ahead of the 2025 legislative session.
The task force is made up of 13 members.Â
Exactly what form the House Bill 563 will take in the Senate remains to be seen and will be key in the bill’s path through the final days of the 2021 General Assembly.
The Senate's version of the two-year spending plan would have withheld $1.1 billion from the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System, but House members on the panel balked at that proposal.
This time, the COVID-19 pandemic means teachers can't rally at the Capitol in Frankfort.
Tiffany Dunn, an English as a second language teacher at Lassiter Middle and co-founder of the advocacy group Save Our Schools Kentucky, submitted her candidacy paperwork Monday.
The debate over scholarship tax credits will continue in next year's legislative session, and supporters believe backing from House GOP leaders will only help its chances of becoming law.
The bill would require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on their biological sexes rather than their gender identities.
The House adjourned after one hour. Lawmakers are expected to return at noon on Saturday.
House Speaker David Osborne warned that the General Assembly faces a difficult road toward passing a pension reform measure during this year’s 30-day legislative session, which resumes Tuesday.