In addition to Fayette, Clark County Public Schools also announced on Facebook that schools there would be closed Friday. The Facebook post did not give a specific reason. Jessamine County also called off school Friday “due to a shortage of substitutes to cover absences tomorrow.” By midnight, more districts, including Scott, Madison and Johnson counties, also had to call off school for Friday.

Among other closed districts were Boyle, Montgomery, Knott, Nicholas, Powell, Oldham, Simpson, Gallatin and Carroll. Others that closed within hours of the pension vote Friday but without public explanation included Floyd, Bath, Lewis, Magoffin, Marion, and Pike counties. Other closings lists noted Lawrence and Martin were closed.

Scott County Superintendent Kevin Hub said on Facebook: “Since the passage of SB 151, dozens of teachers have requested subs for tomorrow. We can currently only fill 54 of the nearly 150 that we need. That leaves too many classes not covered, which causes a situation that is unsafe and unproductive for students and staff.

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Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said he did not know why teachers want to walk off a job.

The only provision in the new bill that affects current teachers, he said, was capping of sick days to prohibit them from using unused sick days accumulated after the bill goes into effect to improve their retirement benefits.

well, gee, Sen. Stivers…if only y’all had provided a copy of the damned bill for everyone to see, but that would have defeated your underhanded methods.

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