Kentucky: Record number of teachers file to run for General Assembly seats
FRANKFORT – Teachers are not happy at what they call an attack on education and they’re fighting back by running for seats in the General Assembly.
Educators gathered in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday for a rally to recognize 40 retired and current teachers and administrators who’ve filed to run for seats in the House and Senate.
Of the 40 educators running for the General Assembly, 34 are teachers and six are administrators.
In total, 23 women and 17 men are running; of which 33 are Democrats and seven are Republicans.
Tina Bojanowski, a special education teacher in Jefferson County, is challenging Rep. Phil Moffett, R-Louisville in the House District 32 general election.
Bojanowski said the movement of educators filing to run began with what they say is an attack on education by the Gov. Matt Bevin and some members of the General Assembly.
“It sort of started with high stakes accountability testing, and educators started tog et worried about education,” Bojanowski said. “Then we had last years session with the charter schools, and this years proposed budget and pension cuts.”
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