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Eugene

(62,736 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 09:06 AM Oct 4

Another Kentucky school district warned by attorney general not to campaign against Amendment 2

Source: Kentucky Lantern

Another Kentucky school district warned by attorney general not to campaign against Amendment 2

McKenna Horsley
Wed, October 2, 2024 at 3:41 PM EDT·4 min read

Signs hoisted by the audience for an Amendment 2 debate at the Fancy Farm Picnic express conflicting views on the school funding amendment that Kentucky voters will decide in November, Aug. 3, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Austin Anthony)

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office sent a cease and desist notice to a public school district that took an online stance against a constitutional amendment that would allow the General Assembly to fund nonpublic schools.

Augusta Independent Schools became the second public school district in the state to openly oppose Amendment 2 via Tuesday night posts on X and Facebook. The amendment has drawn ire from public school officials and Democrats who warn it would reduce dollars now allocated to public education.

The Ohio River school district said in its Facebook post that the amendment would “take public taxpayer dollars and give them to private schools, leaving our public schools with fewer resources.” Tuesday’s post was the first of the district’s “Be Informed Series,” which it said would continue biweekly until Election Day next month.

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Another Kentucky school district warned by attorney general not to campaign against Amendment 2 (Original Post) Eugene Oct 4 OP
Has he also enjoined private schools from advocating for the bill? marble falls Oct 4 #1
If Kentucky timms139 Oct 4 #2

timms139

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2. If Kentucky
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:36 AM
Oct 4

don't come out of their stupor and put democrats back in charge our state will end with the nuts putting the asylum out of business .Just like Fla. and Texas and Alabama and West Virginia .

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