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Amendment 2 Resources

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Welcome to KSBA’s Amendment 2 resources page. Here, association members and advocates who value the education of all students – including the nearly 600,000 currently served by Kentucky’s public schools – can learn more about the amendment and its potential impacts. KSBA’s collection of resources below provides pertinent downloadable documents, answers to frequently asked questions, talking points, news stories and more.

This page contains the following resources (in order):
  • About the Amendment
    • How will Amendment 2 appear on the ballot?
    • 7 legal exceptions created by Amendment 2
  • Amendment 2 information resource links, downloads and video
  • Downloadable advocacy graphics
  • Amendment 2 advocacy shop (yard signs, apparel, etc.)
  • Other Amendment 2 resources links
  • Testimonial slideshow
About the amendment: Currently, Kentucky’s constitution prohibits the use of public tax dollars to fund private schools and other nonpublic education providers, as recently demonstrated by court decisions striking down legislation that attempted to do so.

Amendment 2, often referred to as the “Voucher Amendment,” is a proposed constitutional amendment that will appear on Kentucky ballots during the 2024 election season. The amendment resulted from the passage of House Bill 2 during the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Voters will decide whether to amend Kentucky’s constitution to give the state legislature broad new authority to send public funds to schools “outside the system of common (public) schools.” As written, Amendment 2 seeks to create exceptions/loopholes for seven different sections of the Kentucky Constitution and allow public dollars to fund private schools and other private education providers.

Amendment 2 resources for public education advocates

View a quick summary of the amendment, what it means, what it would change in the state constitution and the events that led to Amendment 2. This resource can be distributed freely, as it provides basic facts about the amendment and does not advocate voting one way or another. 

View a summary of the sections of Kentucky's constitution impacted by the amendment. 
Amendment 2, if passed, would allow the legislature to ignore seven different sections of Kentucky’s constitution.

KSBA position statement on Amendment 2
Read KSBA's Amendment 2 opposition statement.

This piece by KSBA Executive Director Kerri Schelling was first published in the April 2024 issue of the Kentucky School Advocate magazine and subsequently in the Louisville Courier-Journal and Frankfort State Journal.
This document answers many common questions about how school board members and district personnel may publicly discuss the issue and advocate for their students.  

The Attorney General released an advisory on Aug. 13, 2024 to all public school districts in the Commonwealth reminding them that public resources must not be used to campaign for or against the proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this November. The advisory does not have the force of law, rather it gives notice to public school districts specifically how the Attorney General will interpret the law should he be called upon to enforce it.
Read the Attorney General’s advisory.

Downloadable advocacy graphics

Use the graphics linked below in your advocacy efforts. Examples: social media profile pictures, yard signs, buttons, integrating into your own content, etc. 

Amendment 2 Advocacy Shop


Do you want to show your opposition to Amendment 2, but don’t know how? Check out KSBA’s convenient online Amendment 2 advocacy shop! T-shirts, yard signs, buttons, magnets and more!


Don't forget to snap a photo of your gear and post to social media. Tag @KSBAnews on X (formerly Twitter) and @KSBA on Facebook and use the hashtag #VoteNoOn2.

Note: KSBA makes no profit from the sale of items and only serves as coordinator of the CafePress online storefront. 
KSBA encourages districts, school boards and administrators to consult their board attorneys prior to public discussion of Amendment 2. While districts strive to stay within the bounds of the law, there is gray area between the use of public funds for lobbying - which is legal - versus use of public funds for what statute refers to as “political activity.”
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