Schools, districts, and education policy in Kentucky.
The district eliminated 10 jobs at its Newcomer Academy after new multilingual learner enrollments fell from about 600 to fewer than 150 in a five-month period, while overall multilingual population stayed flat.
The Education Professional Standards Board approved revisions to certification grade bands, shifting elementary to K-6, middle to 4-9, and secondary to 7-12, and adding secondary general science and computer science pathways. Student teaching rules also gain flexibility.
Kentucky's largest district will swap MAP for i-Ready next year. Two active lawsuits question the diagnostic tool's efficacy claims and student data handling; research shows mixed results.
A suite of new laws signed this year takes effect July 15, reshaping student discipline, educator misconduct law, administrator pay, bus safety, and governance of the state's largest district amid a constitutional test.