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Combs' biennial budget, passed by the General Assembly in 1960, used money from the new sales tax to increase school funds by fifty percent and establish the state community college system (now the Kentucky Community and Technical College System). [36]
In an attempt to get the tax passed, Laffoon agreed to seek only a 1 percent tax. [31] The proposal passed the House, but a Senate committee refused to report it to the full chamber for a vote. [33] Happy Chandler, Laffoon's lieutenant governor, opposed his call for a state sales tax. The sales tax proposal caused a rift in the Democratic party ...
The Income Tax and the Progressive Era (Routledge, 2018) excerpt. Burg, David F. A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts, and Riots from Antiquity to the Present (2003) excerpt and text search; Doris, Lillian (1963). The American Way in Taxation: Internal Revenue, 1862–1963. Wm. S. Hein. ISBN 978-0-89941-877-3.
OpEd: HB 563 attempts to skirt the constitution by creating a complicated tax scheme that diverts public money to private schools.
The Kentucky Senate has passed a controversial “school choice” bill, setting the stage for Kentucky voters to decide if they want taxpayer dollars to go to private and charter schools.
The law was struck down by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 2022 for violating provisions of the Constitution of Kentucky forbidding public funding of private education. [2] The General Assembly passed a separate law in 2022 which would have allowed for the public funding of charter schools and the creation of two pilot schools, which was also ...
Recent reports from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy found that, when adjusted for inflation, the state's teachers are making less now than they did 16 years ago and per pupil funding from ...
The Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) became a law in 1990, and is enforced by the Kentucky Department of Education. [3] KRS 159.010 is a Kentucky law that requires children aged between 6 and 16 to attend school. This law was modified by a 2013 Senate bill, raising the mandatory attendance age to 18 beginning in the 2015–2016 school year. [4]