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GEAR UP Kentucky. GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Kentucky is a competitive federal grant program designed to increase the college-going rate. In 2018, the Council was awarded a seven-year, $24.5 million grant to serve at least 10,000 middle and high school students in at least 10 school districts.
Kentucky Housing Corporation was created in 1972 as a state housing finance agency by the General Assembly under the Mae Street Kidd Act with a $150,000 appropriation. In 1973, KHC originated its first bond issue totaling $51.2 million and received its first allocation from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 623 Section 8 New Construction units totaling $1. ...
History of education in Kentucky. History of education in Kentucky covers education at all levels from the late 18th century to the early 21st century. The frontier state was slow to build an educational system. In K–12 and higher education, Kentucky consistently has ranked toward the bottom of national rankings in terms of funding, literacy ...
Under the proposed legislation, Kentucky voters would decide if they want to allow the General Assembly to provide funding for K-12 students outside the public school system.
An outcome of the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997 was the creation of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). CPE exists to foster the success of Kentucky's public and private universities and technical colleges by enacting education legislation, conducting university research, training educators and more.
Over the past three years, that funding has represented 12% of Kentucky's total education revenue. Beshear's budget proposal, put forth Dec. 18, calls for an 11% salary increase for all public ...
Kentucky’s Senate Education Committee will meet at 3 p.m. Friday with the Commissioner of Education nominee, Robbie Fletcher. Under a new law, Kentucky’s state Senate must confirm the state ...
The most significant piece of reform legislation was passed in 1990, and was known as the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA). This act instituted six basic initiatives, some of the most important being a focus on core subjects, community service, and self-sufficiency. Kentucky education has seen improvements in terms of equalizing funding ...