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Kentuckians Say ‘No’ to Public Funding for Private, Charter Schools

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Amendment 2 would have opened a path for the Republican -controlled legislature to allow state dollars to flow to nonpublic schools, such as private or charter schools.

Opposition to Amendment 2 spanned rural and urban Kentucky , said Will Powers , the policy and public engagement coordinator for the Kentucky Student Voice Team .

Outgoing Senate Republican floor leader Damon Thayer called the amendment defeat “disappointing, but not surprising”.

Amendment 2 would have suspended seven sections of the state Constitution to allow public money to flow to nonpublic schools.

The legislation for the amendment was a priority for Republican lawmakers earlier this year .

Beshear decried the amendment as “a blank check to Frankfort politicians”.