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The Kentucky Department of Education became an official organization in 1924. [1] Its headquarters is located in Frankfort, Kentucky. [2] In 1848, Kentucky citizens voted for a law that allowed taxation to support schools. [1] In 1938, a new law was passed allowing vocational-technical schools to be formed.
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]
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) operates schools for military dependents at two major United States Army bases in Kentucky, Fort Campbell and Fort Knox. DoDEA has organized a Kentucky-specific district to administer the schools on those bases (although some of the Fort Campbell schools are physically located in Tennessee).
There were five incidents of corporal punishment in the state last academic year, according to the Kentucky Department of Education’s 2022-2023 School Report Card, released on Tuesday. The five ...
The Kentucky Board of Education will try to select a new education commissioner in time for confirmation by the Kentucky Senate in the 2024 General Assembly session, a state education spokesperson ...
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 ...
The Kentucky Department of Education and staffs of the KYVU and the KYVL created the Kentucky Virtual High School (KYVHS). The KYVHS launched in January 2000 to serve as a statewide educational provider of those highly specialized courses that the smaller, rural school districts could not afford to offer on a regular basis.
Diana Woods, of Lexington, and Julie Pile, of Florence, will serve as at-large members for terms expiring April 14, 2026, according to a news release from the Kentucky Department of Education.