JANUARY 26, 2018
…FROM Lee Mueller on FB
Note to Kentucky county officials: the Republicans are coming — after your jobs! Under the proposed legislation, the state’s 176 school districts would be consolidated into 55 and most of the state’s 120 counties would be merged with their closest neighbors. (As always, the question when such measures are proposed is: Where will they put the courthouse??
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) – House Bill 243, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Toby Herald, of Beattyville, would change Kentucky’s political landscape in the most literal way.
The bill would consolidate 100 counties into 34. Larger counties, such as Fayette, Jefferson, Warren and Pike, would remain unchanged.
The counties could be renamed and local governments would consolidate.
A similar bill, HB 242 would also reduce the number of Kentucky’s county and independent school districts. Boyd County would retain its own school district despite merging with Martin and Lawrence in HB 243.
