Irate Teachers Skip Class Across Kentucky To Protest Surprise Pension Overhaul
What began as a bill about sewage services quickly became a significant change to state employee benefits Thursday. Now, it is one signature from becoming law — and classrooms are closing in protest.
As of Thursday morning, SB 151 was a bill about sewage services.
But by the time both chambers of the Kentucky Legislature had passed it that night, the amendment process had turned the bill about sewage into a 291-page overhaul of public employees' retirement benefits. Now, it rests on Gov. Matt Bevin's desk awaiting his signature — and teachers across the state are livid.
Even before the state Senate
