In the past year, we've become less competitive due to how little we pay our educators, with Kentucky falling to 44th in the nation for starting salaries.
Solving our teacher shortage requires raises. We can't catch our kids up in math if we don't have math teachers.
Yesterday I vetoed pay increases for lawmakers and statewide constitutional officers, including one for myself.
We should instead be investing in K-12 education by funding universal pre-K and teacher pay raises. It's simply the right thing to do.
ALL kids should MATTER!
HB 563 further divides haves and have nots. If goal is a greater achievement gap between rich and poor vote YES.
If goal is Equity, Opportunity and ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ schools for ALL kids vote NO!
My kids MATTER too!
#VoteNoHB563