KDP Statement on Veto Override of HB 1

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Today, Kentucky Democratic Party (KDP) Chair Colmon Elridge released the following statement on the Republican-controlled General Assembly’s decision to override Gov. Beshear’s veto on HB 1, a bill to divert federal tax dollars to private schools:

“Kentuckians want elected officials to fix public schools. Republicans have instead spent the past decade trying to defund them, defying voters in all 120 counties while they cook up new schemes to send public dollars to private education. The GOP should be working with Democrats to make sure all Kentucky children can get a quality public school education, not using taxpayer dollars to prop up exclusive schools for the wealthiest Kentuckians.”