From Forward Kentucky: Amendment 2 – Another Repub attack on public education
Voting NO on Amendment 2 is the only sensible choice.
By BERRY CRAIG
Speaking against Amendment 2 on the stump at the Fancy Farm picnic, state Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson (D-Lexington) dismissed the measure as “just the latest example of Republicans trying to shove their unpopular and unconstitutional schemes down Kentuckians’ throats.”
The amendment, which will be on the ballot Nov. 5, would change the state constitution to permit the General Assembly to pass laws letting tax dollars go to public schools. GOP supermajorities in both houses passed legislation calling for the amendment. Gov. Andy Beshear opposes Amendment 2, but amendment legislation doesn’t need a governor’s signature to be placed on the ballot.
The Amendment 2 ballot question doesn’t spell out how the legislature might approve the use of public funds for private schools. Here’s how it will appear on the ballot: