LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Senate passed House Concurrent Resolution 81 on Thursday which will create a task force made up of lawmakers, educators and members of the public. They will study the size of Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) and how the district operates.
The task force will then determine if anything needs to change, one of those changes perhaps being splitting up the district.
JCPS said they are open to providing any information to help out with this process.
In a statement, a district spokesperson said, "We will be happy to furnish the task force with any information it desires. We hope the task force chair will accept our invitation to have the meetings in any JCPS school(s) they wish to visit."
A mother of two students in the school system said she's hopeful that this group will be able to address some concerns she and other parents have. Berkley Collins references how the school's transportation system is flawed.
"We have a lot of students who rely on that bus transportation to get them from home to that school," Collins said.
She was disappointed after her daughter with special needs was dropped from her bus at the beginning of the school year. Collins called it a miscommunication issue within the district, and she hopes this new task force can help avoid problems like this in the future.
"There's not communication," Collins said. "Why don't we have project managers? Why are we leaving it to COOs, to people who are also in control of the money? Do we have checks and balances between JCPS at all with as large as we are?"
The school district responded to our question on how they view the new task force.
"This will facilitate greater local community and stakeholder participation and input. This will also help task force members see for themselves the great teaching, learning and support for families happening every single school day in JCPS schools," JCPS said in a statement.
When it comes to who will be on that task force, the mayor or someone he appoints would also be a part of this oversight.
WHAS11 reached out to Mayor Craig Greenberg's office for comment on Friday but he was not available.
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