New statewide education action team being organized

First meeting set next month in Louisville

This from KSBA:

The Council for Better Education plans to convene leaders of K-12 school groups next month with a goal of creating a new statewide advocacy group to share common information on school funding issues.

The council, comprising 168 districts focused on school financial matters, will host an initial discussion on the formation of the Kentucky Education Action Team July 23 in Louisville, at the conclusion of the annual conference of the Kentucky Association of School Administrators.

CBE President Tom Shelton, superintendent of the Daviess County Schools, announced plans for the new advocacy group’s formation Tuesday in Bowling Green during the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents summer conference.

“The idea is based on the work that a large number of districts started with the Northern Kentucky Education Action Team,” Shelton said. “Our hope is to work toward common goals and discussions about funding and fund-related issues for education all across the state.”

The northern Kentucky group, made up mostly of superintendents, school board members and other education advocates in that region, has lobbied state and legislative leaders on school finance issues for the past two years. A similar group has been formed in northwest Kentucky and others are under discussion in the Elizabethtown, Lexington and Owensboro areas.

“It is our hope to have the group function out of Frankfort, working with regional groups throughout the state, to improve communications and to keep our constituents informed and working toward the same goals,” Shelton said...