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Forward Kentucky: HB 563 is the REAL steal we must stop.

Berry Craig
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By BRUCE MAPLES

Most Kentuckians, I would be willing to wager, agree with the Jeffersonian view of a public education. It provides an aristocracy that everyone can join.

In 2019, Democrat Andy Beshear ran against a failed Republican incumbent governor who disrespected educators and attacked our public education system. Teachers put Beshear over the top.

Recently, novice Republican State Senator Jason Howell proclaimed that he ”would like to blow up the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA).” He gave no reason, but he must be part of that “repeal and replace” gang without any idea what/how to replace “it.”

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