NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — The state’s highest-elected teacher was back in her old stomping grounds on Tuesday to campaign against Kentucky’s hotly contested school amendment , Amendment 2 .
“There is not a press conference that is long enough for me to fully litigate the case against Amendment 2,” Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman said.
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Kentucky will decide whether to adopt Amendment 2 just two weeks from now. The proposal would allow Kentucky’s tax money to be spent on students attending schools outside the public school system. Coleman, a former teacher at East Jessamine High, said she believes that would mean less in the budget for public schools, especially in rural areas.
“Here in Jessamine County that funding will go right down the road to places like Lexington who have private schools,” Coleman said…