Governor Beshear signed six education bills in a ceremony in Frankfort Monday. These bills add more paths for high school students in alternative schools after graduation and address teacher shortages.
Another bill provides due process for university students. Julia Mattingly is a rising senior at the University of Louisville. She was an advocate for House Bill 290 and spoke at the ceremony.
“I have confidence that Kentucky Universities will work to ensure fairness for their students and I have confidence that from today on Kentucky college students will be afforded the same due process rights on campus as they would be off campus,” Mattingly said.
Another bill known as Senate Bill 9, or the Read to Succeed Act, supports early literacy education. Senator Steve West is the bill’s sponsor. He said starting kids off early sets them up for success later in life.
“If a child can learn to read by third grade, the rest of their life is changed forever in a positive way. Their education attainment levels increase exponentially, and their general quality of life increases as well.”
Other laws signed would expand access to books Kentucky’s students and another would speed up the process for school districts to complete construction projects.
