Dr. Ron K. Patterson, who joined the university last summer, is slated to attend the town hall at noon Monday, April 6, at the Hopkinsville Municipal Center.
The measure was unveiled in a special-called meeting of the Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee Wednesday afternoon and attached to a “shell bill” that already had two readings, making it ready for a final reading and a vote by the full Senate.
Both schools have had their graduations at the Stadium of Champions for several years, but district officials have decided to go back to the two gyms for the final ceremonies.
Christian County Public Schools is among the districts affected by the revocation of a $47 million federal grant supporting Kentucky community schools.
The decision was based on enrollment trends and long-term sustainability, but school officials left open the possibility of later restoring the middle school.
A Franklin County judge ruled he won’t dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group of Kentucky students alleging the state has failed to provide an adequate and equitable education.
If Murray State earns provisional accreditation from the American Veterinary Medicine Association, the first students seeking veterinary medicine degrees could be admitted as early as fall 2028.
Kentucky high school students will take the SAT instead of the ACT starting this spring. In a recent op-ed, one education policy expert suggested the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) may have violated state law by switching to a different college admissions exam.
