With Gov. Beshear predictably poised to veto Kentucky’s new charter school law, I thought I’d reshare this piece from 2018 explaining how charters will work. Everything is essentially the same under the new law except a permanent funding mechanism has been established and districts have even MORE power to keep charters from operating in their boundaries. (Oh, and I’m also not on the Kentucky Board of Education anymore because Beshear fired me…for supporting the concept of charter schools.)
Contributed by Dr. Gary Houchens, Western Kentucky University