No charters, no stimulus money

The Associated Press is emphasizing recent comments from the US Secretary of Education that $5 billion in second round stimulus incentive funding will mostly flow only to states that don’t impede charter schools.

Without even a charter school law on the books, it looks like Kentucky could be left out in the cold.

The news agency also says that this federal money will be withheld from states that attempt to creatively reallocate it to other than federally intended uses. That could also hurt Kentucky if it tries to grab second round stimulus money with a “quickie” charter law that just sets this type of school up to fail or attempts to siphon much of the incentive cash away for any other uses.