KSBA News Releases

(Jan. 4, 2023) KSBA greatly appreciates the Beshear administration’s continued support for public education, echoed fervently in this evening’s address. We can think of no more important role of our state government...  

(March 22, 2022) KSBA supports Senate Bill 1 as originally passed in the Senate. The rebalancing of principal hiring authority has been a priority of our association and our members dating back three decades. We also support better curriculum alignment and opportunities for broader public input as prescribed in SB 1...

(Feb. 26, 2022) Dr. Carl LeBuhn, chairman of the Paducah Independent Schools Board of Education, was named the 2022 Kentucky School Board Member of the Year during the 2022 Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) Annual Conference in Louisville on Saturday...

(Feb. 17, 2022) During September’s special session of the General Assembly, many lawmakers and education advocates hailed SB 1 as a victory for local control. The legislation ended a statewide mask requirement and empowered Kentucky’s 171 local school boards to determine pandemic masking and mitigation strategies in consultation with local health officials. By returning such decisions to districts...

Frankfort, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2022) – The KSBA Educational Foundation, the charitable arm of the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA), announced a $5,000 gift to the West Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund for Our Schools established by the Western Kentucky Educational Cooperative (WKEC) following December’s tornadoes. The announcement was made...

(Oct. 11, 2021) The National School Boards Association (NSBA) has made headlines in recent days for its publicly released letter to President Biden. The letter, signed only by NSBA’s current president and interim executive director, included examples of threats, intimidation and acts of violence against school board members and other school personnel...

(Sept. 10, 2021) During this week’s extraordinary session of the General Assembly, legislators enacted policies that localize many aspects of pandemic response in Kentucky’s 171 public school districts. The passage of SB 1, and other measures, provides increased flexibility for school boards, superintendents and local health officials to tailor mitigation strategies to their communities’ unique circumstances, helping them more effectively provide in-person instruction and student supports. Public education advocates are left... 

(July 19, 2021) The Kentucky School Boards Association, in coordination with the KSBA Educational Foundation, announced an expansion of its First Degree Scholarship Program to now include scholarships for career and technical education (CTE)...

(June 8, 2021) KSBA is aware of the Council for Better Education’s lawsuit challenging the education opportunity account tax credit program that is to be created pursuant to HB 563...

(June 8, 2021) A fundamental objective of KSBA’s advocacy on behalf of the Commonwealth’s elected school boards and district leaders is to strengthen local decision making in each community as a key component of fostering student success, as outlined by the legislature in KRS 158.645. Two proposed bills have now been prefiled...

(Feb. 24, 2021) KSBA Staff Attorney John Fogle has announced he plans to retire on May 17, following KSBA’s 2021 Annual Conference. Having served as KSBA’s attorney for 15 years, Fogle is considered one the Commonwealth’s most knowledgeable school law experts. That wisdom, combined with his trademark wit, has won him the admiration and respect of districts throughout Kentucky...

(Feb. 11, 2021) HB 208 ensures that the critical flexibility under which our schools have operated to date will stay in place for the remainder of this year, allowing administrators and school boards to address pandemic challenges unique to their communities. As districts continue transitioning back to traditional, in-person instruction, this bill provides certainty... 

(Jan. 20, 2021) The significance of this investment is not lost on education leaders, but we must not lose sight of the challenges that predated COVID-19, challenges that will remain after the pandemic ends. We must carefully consider that the federal funding is allocated among districts... 

(Jan. 11, 2021) At the turn of the 20th century, Carroll County was a farming community with more than 1,100 farms and 80,000 acres of farmland. Fast forward more than 100 years and those agricultural roots have diminished with 72% fewer farms. Carroll County Schools recognized a need for the community to focus on its agricultural roots and decided to make its agriculture program a priority.

The Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA), in partnership with the National School Boards Association and the KSBA Educational Foundation, is donating 80,000 cloth masks to public school students in Kentucky. KSBA will donate the masks directly to the state’s Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSC), a division of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.