Session results: Education remains a priority issue for lawmakers

When you want to know what someone values, you look at their checkbook. In the same way, our state’s budget provides an understanding of our values and how we meet our obligation to all Kentuckians. The laws enacted by the legislature also reflect what we believe is important. And, when you take into consideration both spending and policy, we clearly value education.

We spend more on education than any other area of government, and this session we made every attempt to get funding to the level closest to students. The education investments included in the state budget (HB 6) represent the largest increase in funding since the passage of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA). Among the allocations made in the budget are: