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Twenty years later, the Kentucky General Assembly passed higher education reforms in the Commonwealth with the passage of the Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997, commonly referred to as House Bill 1 (HB1). House Bill 1 created the Council on Postsecondary Education to provide direction and oversight to all Kentucky postsecondary ...
Kentucky’s Senate Education Committee will meet at 3 p.m. Friday with the Commissioner of Education nominee, Robbie Fletcher. Under a new law, Kentucky’s state Senate must confirm the state ...
History of education in Kentucky covers education at all levels from the late 18th century to the early 21st century. The frontier state was slow to build an educational system. In K–12 and higher education, Kentucky consistently has ranked toward the bottom of national rankings in terms of funding, literacy levels, and student performance.
Fletcher was confirmed by the Kentucky Senate to fill the position on April 15, 2024, and began his tenure on July 1. [1] [3] Fletcher is the first Commissioner of Education to be confirmed by the Senate following the passage of Senate Bill 107 during the 2023 Kentucky General Assembly. [4]
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have filed several bills relating to higher education so far in the 2024 session. Some take aim at diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, practices on college ...
Kentucky Board of Education members will interview the three finalists next week, with a plan to submit a name to the Kentucky Senate by the end of the month. Contact Krista Johnson at kjohnson3 ...
An outcome of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 was the creation of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). CPE exists to foster the success of Kentucky's public and private universities and technical colleges by enacting education legislation, conducting university research, training educators and more.
KCTCS was founded as part of the Postsecondary Improvement Act of 1997 (House Bill 1), signed by former Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton, to create a new institution to replace the University of Kentucky's Community College System and the Kentucky Department of Education's network of technical schools. The Kentucky Fire Commission, a separate ...