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Senator Max Wise: Myths & Facts about SB 1 
Senator Wise presents his case for SB 1Click on headline for complete Personal Commentary By State Senator Max Wise, (R-Campbellsville) 16th District: Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary, Russell, Taylor, and Wayne Counties When I examine the performance of our public schools today, I do so with great distress. At the present time, some 7 out of 10 Kentucky 8th graders do not meet national standards for math, while 2 out of 3 Kentucky 4th graders do not meet national standards for reading. This status quo is simply unacceptable. As a husband and a father of four children, I understand and share the deep concerns of my constituents for the future of the children of this Commonwealth. Parents have told me that a quality public education, which will equip their children with the tools they need to succeed in today's changing economy and allow them to reach their true God-given potential, is their number-one priority. Our Senate Republican Caucus responded and made improving public schools its legislative priority as well. To underscore this point, we filed education reform legislation as Senate Bill (SB) 1. On Wednesday, it passed the State Senate chambers by a resounding 25-12 vote and will now be sent to the House. This is not the first time Senate Republicans have attempted to achieve education reform. This SB 1 reflects much of the original design of the SB 1 of 2009. Its intent, much like the previous bill, is to align K-12 academic standards, state assessments, and school accountability to better prepare our graduates for postsecondary education. Despite the efforts made in 2009, teachers have been made to teach according to one particular set of academic standards while simultaneously being assessed according to another and having their performance evaluated on the basis of the results of the two conflicting standards. The provisions of SB 1 will fix this mess, allowing more practitioner control in setting academic standards within a statewide frame work while reducing the burden on teachers. This fundamental reform will, simply put, allow our teachers to teach. It reduces the bureaucratic burden on teachers, who must regularly spend hours filling out paperwork, reports, and forms for the Kentucky Department of Education. These reports merely focus on the school's activity and do nothing to measure or contribute to its productivity. Instead, educators can return their focus to their students' individual learning needs and on developing innovative teaching methods. With this bill, we reverse years of misguided policy that has been imposed upon us from the federal government and enforced by the state. It puts student learning ahead of bureaucracy and uniform testing. Unfortunately, there have been many distortions about the content of this bill circulated in the media by certain interest groups, as well as some honest misunderstandings about the effects of the bill. I want to put these misconceptions to rest. In particular, some constituents have voiced objections to the bill's original plan to remove social studies from the list of subjects required by state testing. We heard these concerns and amended the bill to restore it. I am confident that our proposed standards and assessments review structures will allow teachers once again to focus on teaching traditional core social studies content that develops civic-minded, critical thinkers who, through the study of history, come to understand the values that built our great nation. A second misconception that arose in debate over this bill is that it would decimate arts education. Some common-sense statutory reforms put forward in the original bill were objected to by some in this field. This led to a constructive dialogue with the arts community. As a result, SB 1 will maintain statutory support, review, and assurance of the coverage of arts and humanities standards in all schools while also allowing more access to foreign language, computer, and technical courses to prepare our students for the job market. I hope this helps to clear up any confusion pertaining to Senate Bill 1. I was honored to support this bill on the floor and witness its overwhelming passage from the Senate Chamber. If you have any questions or comments about these issues or any other public policy issue, please call me toll-free at 1-800-372-7181 or e-mail me at Max.Wise@LRC.ky.gov. You can also review the legislature's work online at www.lrc.ky.gov. This story was posted on 2016-02-19 13:55:53
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