FRANKFORT, January 22 -- Sen. Phillip Wheeler, R-Pikeville (left), speaks with Sen. Brandon Smith, R-Hazard, in the Senate.
The Senate Education Committee has advanced Senate Bill 24 that would make additional KEES money accessible for homeschool students.
KEES is an acronym for Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship, a big help for parents already digging deep in their pockets. Senator John Schickel from Boone County is the bill’s sponsor:
click to download audioThe bill will give those parents some access to KEES money in the manner that traditional students have. Because home school students don’t have a traditional GPA, the measure would make a test available and the results of which would determine how much KEES money they may qualify for an amount up to $2,000 over a four year college career.
The bill now moves to the full Senate for consideration.
