Kentucky General Assembly passes resolution that would create task force to ‘monitor’ JCPS | Education [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A resolution that would create a “task force” to monitor Jefferson County Public Schools passed the Kentucky General Assembly.

House Concurrent Resolution 81 establishes a process to review the district’s performance, including funding, district boundaries, and diversity. 

It would create the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force and target school districts with enrollment greater than 75,000 students, which only qualifies JCPS in the state of Kentucky. 

First introduced Feb. 12 with support from the state’s Republican lawmakers, the resolution calls for a review of JCPS’s performance and a look at how other states have created new school districts.

As the resolution is currently written, the task force would include:

• Two members of the House of Representatives apportioned by the Speaker of the House, one of whom will serve as co-chair
• Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, one of whom will serve as co-chair
• One member of the House of Representatives appointed …