With the 2022 election over, all eyes are turning to Frankfort for the 2023 session of the General Assembly.
A number of groups have topics they want to bring up in January and educators took time Thursday to make sure they are all on the same page.
Thursday morning, education officials held a type of planning session with Lieutenant Governor Jaqueline Coleman and other state lawmakers. They told those officials they want to see more meaningful investment in education during the next assembly.
Leaders say one of the biggest issues they need to get a handle on is the significant shortages that they are seeing across the state.
With the 2022 election in the rearview mirror, all eyes are turning to Frankfort for the 2023 session of the General Assembly.
Jim Flynn is the Executive Director for Kentucky School Superintendents. He said they have plans to address that gap, ranging from loan forgiveness programs to paying for student teaching time.
He says investing more in teacher salaries could be another option to help offset all of the jobs that teachers are now responsible for when they are in the classrooms. He said teachers are trained to be experts in instruction but now they are having to also be counselors, social workers, nurses and police investigators.
Flynn said other priorities include making sure the School Safety and Resiliency Act of 2019 stays in place to support safe schools, mental health and also to address the learning gap the COVID-19 pandemic created.
Lawmakers return to Frankfort for the start of the 2023 session of the General Assembly on January 3.
Source: WAVE
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