The Kentucky Board of Education approved a measure to release Breathitt County Schools from state assistance at its Feb. 8 meeting. Photo by Joe Ragusa, Kentucky Department of Education
After more than 10 years, Breathitt County Schools will no longer be under any form of state management or assistance.
The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) approved a measure to release Breathitt County Schools from state assistance at its Feb. 8 meeting. The school district had been under state management since December 2012 and was moved to state assistance in December 2019.
With the move, no Kentucky school districts are currently under state assistance.
In September 2022, a Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) management audit team took a comprehensive look at the progress Breathitt County Schools has made since the move to state assistance, including 180 interviews with various district…
