{"id":339641,"date":"2026-02-19T17:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kentucky-supreme-court-rules-that-charter-schools-law-is-unconstitutional"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:46:13","slug":"kentucky-supreme-court-rules-that-charter-schools-law-is-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kentucky-supreme-court-rules-that-charter-schools-law-is-unconstitutional","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Supreme Court docket guidelines that constitution colleges regulation is unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — <\/span>The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a measure establishing public funding for charter schools is unconstitutional, affirming that state funds \u201care for common schools and for nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2022 measure was enacted by the state\u2019s Republican-dominated legislature over Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear\u2019s veto. It was struck down<\/a> the next year by a lower court.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s high court ruled the \u201cConstitution as it stands is clear that it does not permit funneling public education funds outside the common public school system,\u201d Justice Michelle M. Keller wrote in a unanimous opinion.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Kentucky voters rejected<\/a> a ballot measure that would have allowed state lawmakers to allocate public tax dollars to support students attending private or charter schools. <\/p>\n

It was another setback for supporters of charter schools, who have attempted for years to gain a foothold in the state. They argue the schools offer another choice for parents looking for the best educational fit for their children. But opponents say such schools would divert needed funds from existing public schools and could pick and choose which students to accept.<\/p>\n

Charter schools have been legal in Kentucky since 2017, but none have opened because of the lack of a method to fund them.<\/p>\n

Keller, in her opinion, wrote the court was not passing judgment on the efficacy of charter schools. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe make no predictions about the potential success of charter schools or their ability to improve the education of the Commonwealth\u2019s children, and we leave public policy evaluations to the Commonwealth\u2019s designated policymakers \u2014 the General Assembly,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n

But Keller argued, Kentucky has for more than a century treated education as \u201ca constitutional mandate, challenged again and again…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mandate implicates state education funds are for common schools and for nothing else,\u201d the justice wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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