LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky lawmakers overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto on Friday of a bill creating a task force to investigate Jefferson County Public Schools and potentially split up the district.
When vetoing the bill, Beshear said the measure was unconstitutional and just the General Assembly’s latest attempt to divide JCPS.
The governor said it should be a local decision by Jefferson County citizens, not a decision made by legislators who don’t live in Jefferson County.
Supporters of the bill said JCPS as it is now has been a failure.
“The NAACP called for the ouster of the current superintendent, saying that this had failed, he had failed the system of Jefferson County Public Schools,” Sen. Robert Stivers, R-Senate President, said. “This is something this body, and the body at the other end of the building, should be doing. It is our responsibility and we are the ones who are constitutionally mandated.”
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