Kentucky's Amendment 2, the 'school choice' measure, fails
PRESIDENT SINCE BILL CLINTON IN 1996. TODAY맥스카지노S OTHER BIG ISSUE ON THE KENTUCKY BALLOT AMENDMENT TWO. VOTERS WERE ASKED WHETHER STATE LAWMAKERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CHANGE THE STATE맥스카지노S CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS TO BE SPENT ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS. IT맥스카지노S BEEN ONE OF THE STATE맥스카지노S HOT BUTTON ISSUES FOR MONTHS RIGHT NOW THAT ISSUE IS FAILING WITH MORE THAN 60% OF VOTERS AGAINST IT. 비바카지노 Viva맥스카지노S. MARK VANDERHOFF IS LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS MOVING FORWARD. MARK. VICKY. RICK I DON맥스카지노T THINK EITHER SIDE EXPECTED THE VOTE TO BE THIS LOPSIDED. WE KNEW AMENDMENT TWO WOULD BE A TOUGH SELL IN RURAL AREAS. THAT맥스카지노S BECAUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OFTEN THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE COUNTY, SO VOTERS ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THERE AREN맥스카지노T A LOT OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS OUT IN RURAL AREAS. SO RURAL VOTERS MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE VOUCHERS WILL BENEFIT THEM. BUT EVEN IN SOME URBAN COUNTIES, AMENDMENT TWO맥스카지노S UNDERPERFORMANCE WAS SURPRISING. THERE WERE COUNTIES WITH PLENTY OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT COULD EASILY ATTRACT CHARTER SCHOOLS, BUT EVEN CONSERVATIVE VOTERS THERE SEEM TO TURN THIS DOWN. AMENDMENT TWO GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE TO VOTE, AND THEY CLEARLY MADE A STATEMENT THAT THEY WANT PUBLIC DOLLARS GOING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. SO I맥스카지노M JUST REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT OUTCOME. AND I THINK IT맥스카지노S REALLY IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. AND REALLY IT맥스카지노S A I THINK A SIGNAL ACROSS THE NATION WHAT PEOPLE WANT, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BUT THEN, HE ADDED. AND JARRED HILL. NOW I APOLOGIZE THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ANOTHER SOUNDBITE THERE, BUT ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE KENTUCKY AMENDMENT ONE WAS ALSO A BIG ISSUE. IT ASKED VOTERS IF THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF REQUIRING CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE. THAT AMENDMENT PASSED WITH MORE THAN 60% OF THE VOTE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ME, WAIT, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY ILLEGAL FOR NON-CITIZENS TO VOTE. WELL IT IS. GOP LAWMAKERS SAY THEY JUST WANTED TO STRENGTHEN THE LAW BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION, TO. AND, YOU KNOW, GOP LAWMAKERS ARE SURELY RELIEVED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR AMENDMENTS PASSED TONIGHT, YOU MIGHT RECALL, IN 2022, KENTUCKY VOTERS REJECTED ONE OF THEIR AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO P
Kentucky's Amendment 2, the 'school choice' measure, fails
Kentucky voters have rejected Amendment 2, the ballot measure that would have allowed state lawmakers to allocate public tax dollars to support private school education. The school-choice measure was one of the most intensely debated issues on the ballot in the Commonwealth. Supporters pointed to higher test scores at some charter and private schools. Critics have said those schools can be selective and do not have to take the student who need the most help.In a statement, Gov. Andy Beshear called on the legislature to, quote, "get serious about ensuring that every Kentucky child gets a world-class public education."See the results below:PGlmcmFtZSBjbGFzcz0iYXAtZW1iZWQiIHRpdGxlPSJMaXZlIGVsZWN0aW9uIHJlc3VsdHMgdmlhIHRoZSBBc3NvY2lhdGVkIFByZXNzIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmVzLmFwLm9yZy9lbGVjdGlvbi1yZXN1bHRzL2N1c3RvbWVycy9sYXlvdXRzL29yZ2FuaXphdGlvbi1sYXlvdXRzL3B1Ymxpc2hlZC81ODY3NS8yMDM2MS5odG1sIiB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgZnJhbWVib3JkZXI9IjAiIHNjcm9sbGluZz0ibm8iIG1hcmdpbmhlaWdodD0iMCI+PC9pZnJhbWU+PHNjcmlwdCBkZWZlciBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmVzLmFwLm9yZy9lbGVjdGlvbi1yZXN1bHRzL2Fzc2V0cy9taWNyb3NpdGUvcmVzaXplQ2xpZW50LmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD4=Can't see the map above? Click here.FULL RESULTS: PRESIDENT (Kentucky | Indiana) | KY 3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT | INDIANA GOVERNOR | INDIANA U.S. SENATE | IN 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT | KY AMENDMENT 1 | KY AMENDMENT 2 | LOUISVILLE RACES | ALL COUNTY RESULTS
Kentucky voters have rejected Amendment 2, the ballot measure that would have allowed state lawmakers to allocate public tax dollars to support private school education.
The school-choice measure was one of the most intensely debated issues on the ballot in the Commonwealth.
Supporters pointed to higher test scores at some charter and private schools.
Critics have said those schools can be selective and do not have to take the student who need the most help.
In a statement, Gov. Andy Beshear called on the legislature to, quote, "get serious about ensuring that every Kentucky child gets a world-class public education."
See the results below:
Can't see the map above? Click here.
FULL RESULTS: PRESIDENT (Kentucky | Indiana) | KY 3rd CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT | INDIANA GOVERNOR | INDIANA U.S. SENATE | IN 9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT | KY AMENDMENT 1 | KY AMENDMENT 2 | LOUISVILLE RACES | ALL COUNTY RESULTS