Measure on the ballot in the 2024 Kentucky General Election in Kentucky.
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Get StartedThis amendment would enable the General Assembly to provide financial support for the education costs of students in kindergarten through 12th grade who are outside the system of common (public) schools.
A "yes" vote means the state would be allowed to provide financial support for the education costs of students outside of public schools.
A "no" vote means the state would not be allowed to provide financial support for the education costs of students outside of public schools.
"We need new ideas, if it's not giving parents options and empowering parents, giving them freedom, then is it going to be propping up this system so it continues to fail?" - Jim Waters, President of Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, in support of Amendment 2 (Learn more)
"The minority party and the education establishment here in Kentucky continue to protect the status quo despite the shift that is happening nationwide in blue cities and blue states in favor of more and more ‘school choice.'" - Majority Floor Leader Sen. Damon Thayer (R), in support of Amendment 2 (Learn more)
"This would shred the 133-year-old constitutional commitment to public education as a right to all Kentuckians and the legislature's responsibility to fund that," - Jason Bailey, Executive Director, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, in opposition to Amendment 2 (Learn more)
"I worry... that we are so desperate to pass this amendment and give money to private schools to take it away from our public schools that we are risking shredding the Kentucky Constitution to make that happen." - Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong (D), in opposition to Amendment 2 (Learn more)
To give parents choices in educational opportunities for their children, are you in favor of enabling the General Assembly to provide financial support for the education costs of students in kindergarten through 12th grade who are outside the system of common (public) schools by amending the Constitution of Kentucky as stated below? Section 2. IT IS PROPOSED THAT A NEW SECTION BE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF KENTUCKY TO READ AS FOLLOWS: The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools. The General Assembly may exercise this authority by law, Sections 59, 60, 171, 183, 184, 186, and 189 of this Constitution notwithstanding.
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