Education Commissioner: Budget Cuts Will Hit Schools Hard

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Schools would be hit hard and some hard-pressed districts could go broke under proposed state budget cuts that seek to shift millions of dollars in transportation and health insurance costs to local school districts, Kentucky's education commissioner said Wednesday.

Commissioner Stephen Pruitt told a House budget subcommittee that cutting the state's education achievement gap in half in the next 13 years is unrealistic without sufficient funding.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kentucky/articles/2018-01-31/education-commissioner-budget-cuts-will-hit-schools-hard