Kentucky governor vetoes pension theft and voucher bills. Will the legislature vote to override pension bill? – Fred Klonsky

Kentucky governor vetoes pension theft and voucher bills. Will the legislature vote to override pension bill? – Fred Klonsky

KENTUCKY GOVERNOR VETOES PENSION THEFT AND VOUCHER BILLS. WILL THE LEGISLATURE VOTE TO OVERRIDE PENSION BILL?

Olivia Krauth Louisville Courier Journal

Calling them a “direct attack” on Kentucky’s public schools, Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a set of controversial education bills Wednesday. 

Chief among the vetoed bills is House Bill 563, which would allow state funding to follow students who attend a public school outside of their home district and create a form of scholarship tax credits that would siphon millions from Kentucky’s general fund.

“Can we expect more from public education? Absolutely,” Beshear said Wednesday. “But the way to do that is not to defund it.”

The measure is “unconstitutional” on multiple fronts, Beshear said, and he expects it to face a legal challenge should his veto be overriden. 

The legislation landed on his desk after passing through the House on the slimmest CONTINUE READING: Kentucky governor vetoes pension theft and voucher bills. Will the legislature vote to override pension bill? – Fred Klonsky

A simple proposal. Give public school teachers an extra year of retirement service credit for the pandemic year. – Fred Klonsky

A simple proposal. Give public school teachers an extra year of retirement service credit for the pandemic year. – Fred Klonsky

A SIMPLE PROPOSAL. GIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AN EXTRA YEAR OF RETIREMENT SERVICE CREDIT FOR THE PANDEMIC YEAR

I’ve been out of the classroom for nearly a decade.

But as I speak to my colleagues who have taught this year it is mind boggling.

That is true whether they taught remotely, in-person or hybrid.

I have a simple proposal. It doesn’t begin to demonstrate what should be our profound thanks.

The Illinois legislature can act to give every public school teacher an extra year of creditable service.

Now some Republican state representative has introduced a bill that offers that up, CONTINUE READING: A simple proposal. Give public school teachers an extra year of retirement service credit for the pandemic year. – Fred Klonsky

Kentucky back at cutting teacher pensions. – Fred Klonsky

Kentucky back at cutting teacher pensions. – Fred Klonsky

KENTUCKY BACK AT CUTTING TEACHER PENSIONS

In 2018 the Republican Kentucky legislature and their Republican governor went after teacher pensions which resulted in a massive spontaneous revolt among their already low-paid teachers.

The pension cutting bill passed but the court tossed it out.

And the Republican governor, Matt Bevins was also tossed out in the next election, replaced by the state’s Attorney General, Democrat Andy Beshear.

A rare Democratic win in red state Kentucky.

Thousands of Kentucky teachers march on the state capitol during the 2018 Red State Teacher Revolt.

Teacher pensions are under attack again in Kentucky,

The legislature is about to pass a bill that would deny new Kentucky teachers the benefits of current retirees.

Today the Kentucky legislature will start to take action on a bill intended to create a CONTINUE READING:Kentucky back at cutting teacher pensions. – Fred Klonsky

Does New Generation of Teachers Also Care about Pay, Benefits, Retirement and Tenure? | Cloaking Inequity

Does New Generation of Teachers Also Care about Pay, Benefits, Retirement and Tenure? | Cloaking Inequity

DOES NEW GENERATION OF TEACHERS ALSO CARE ABOUT PAY, BENEFITS, RETIREMENT AND TENURE?

Teaching is one of the most altruistic professions. Despite constant attacks on their profession and ongoing public criticism from some quarters in the modern era— teachers are the willing and expert caretakers of our nation. Education is the compass of our democracy.

As teacher shortages and high attrition continue to plague the profession, it is important to ask what is important to the new generation of teachers. Based on a recent request, we sent a survey to all of our new teachers in the the UK College of Education and asked about a few pecuniary and non-pecuniary aspects of the ongoing debates in the public policy. In just a few days, more than 100 of our University of Kentucky College of Education’s new teachers responded to inform our practice. Here are the questions and their answers.

SEE THE COMPLETE REPORT HERE:  Does New Generation of Teachers Also Care about Pay, Benefits, Retirement and Tenure? | Cloaking Inequity

The predominance of the peer reviewed research has indicated for quite awhile that pay, benefits, retirement and other factors are very important to new and veteran teachers. I think the comments to policymakers are also quite revealing and demonstrate that students are clearly discouraged by the current educational policy environment. This survey is not a comprehensive survey of all new teachers, but this sample of the questions does provide insight regarding the needs and desires of the new teachers that will enter (or not enter) our public schools in the near future.

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