We’re moving quickly to a final state budget. Late on March 27, the Senate approved spending plans hammered out by a combined House and Senate committee, and on March 28, the House approved the same document. The bill will now go to the Governor for next steps. Here’s a rapid look at how the current
On March 13, the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee reported out its version of the state budget for the next two fiscal years. The House and Senate are expected to move quickly into conference committee meetings to hammer out a shared final spending plan. Here's a rapid look at how the Senate's approach compares to
The Kentucky Center for Statistics (KyStats) is offering a new way to understand high school graduates moving into adulthood, higher education, and careers. Check out 2022 Life Outcomes for 2015 Kentucky Public High School Graduates, showing postsecondary attainment and median incomes for each attainment level. It's powerful data with powerful visualizations, and my first response
For Kentucky K-12 education, one question comes first when analyzing state budget proposals: How will the plan affect Kentucky’s biggest funding program, known as SEEK (short for Support Education Excellence in Kentucky)? On February 1, the House approved a committee substitute version of House Bill 6, and this explainer takes on that first K-12 question.
The House of Representatives has released House Bill 6, its initial budget proposal for the next two fiscal years. Here, I’ll summarize the major education elements, including action on the Big Bold Ask and some continuing questions about how the limited step up for child care will work for children and the workforce. Readers can
Governor Beshear offered his budget recommendations for the next two fiscal years last night, addressing the commonwealth in a recorded address and releasing a draft budget bill for public consideration. Here, I’ll summarize his proposals, including important steps forward on the Big Bold Ask and some continuing questions about how the smaller step up for
Postsecondary learning is increasingly important to economic prosperity, both for individual Kentuckians and for the commonwealth as a whole. Are young residents moving toward the degrees and other credentials that can set them up for that success? Here, I’ll offer an approximate look at the “pipeline” from starting high school to undergraduate attainment, I'll begin
It’s time for a new look at Kentucky postsecondary developments. The 2023 Progress report recently released by CPE (the Council for Postsecondary Education) shows: A 4% increase in attainment for workforce-age Kentuckians, on track for Kentucky’s 60x30 attainment goal An 11% decrease in undergraduate enrollment, threatening continued attainment growth A 10% gain in undergraduate credentials
In Kentucky public postsecondary education, male students are far behind their classmates in enrollment, bachelor attainment, and associate attainment. They only match female learners in earning undergraduate certificates. Higher education has a history of making female students less welcome and moving them to lower levels of attainment, but the wheel has turned. Looking at data
How has Kentucky done recently at welcoming and empowering all Kentucky’s K-12 learners? This week, after Brigitte Blom’s call to action, I’ve summarized 2023 overall test scores and shared a snapshot of those results by group. Here, I want to share other kinds of evidence about how well we have been supporting students of varied