Advocacy, Education Budget, Educators Protest, Funding For Education, Pension & Salary

Teachers Rally To Send Message To Governor – Kentucky {#iBelieve}

Posted by Michael Wesley Jr. for NEA Executive Committe 2021 on

Updated: Apr 09, 2018 4:53 PM 

LEXINGTON, Ky (LEX 18) Teachers are fired up by the governor’s comments about public pensions and education funding. They gathered outside of the Fayette County Public Schools building in Lexington for a rally.

In Governor Bevin’s news conference, he vetoed the budget bill, which would include hundreds of millions of dollars of new revenue that would go towards public education. The need for more school funding is one of the reasons teachers and former educators have been passionately rallying at the Capitol and around the state.

Teachers waving signs and chanting “protect our kids” in response to the governor’s press conference today where he vetoed the budget bill and did not veto Senate Bill 151 that would impact public pensions. They say ultimately a shot to teachers, hurts the kids. @LEX18News

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Senate Bill 151, the pension reform bill,  was not the bill vetoed Monday.

The Kentucky Education Association released a statement saying that they are profoundly disappointed by the governor’s actions and teachers said they are not giving up the fight.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT #iBELIEVE

 

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