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KASA has teamed up with six other elementary and secondary education organizations to form a new coalition (Kentucky Education Action Team) urging Gov. Steve Beshear and the General Assembly to support teaching and learning in the state’s public schools by reversing recent declines in state funding.
To support this initiative, KASA, along with Kentucky Association of School Councils, Kentucky Association of School Superintendents, Kentucky Education Association, Kentucky Parent Teacher Association, Kentucky School Boards Association and the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence held a press conference on January 4, 2012 at the Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda.
During the news conference representatives from each of these organizations called on state leaders to restore funding to the SEEK program, the primary source of state funding for public schools. Doing so will mean reversing four years of state funding reductions in such services as preschool, afterschool and school safety programs; family resource and youth service centers (FRYSC’s); textbooks and instructional materials; and teacher training.
 KASA President Lonnie Burgett spoke on behalf of KASA members. “Local school districts cannot continue to provide each student with the highest quality education opportunities when declines in our basic funding formula deprive them of the adequate resources necessary to do so,” said Burgett. “Enhancing the SEEK base funding to an adequate level is not only a constitutional mandate, it is the right thing to do for our students.”
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