The Kentucky Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday about whether a law on charter school funding violates the state constitution.

In 2022, the General Assembly approved House Bill 9, setting up a funding mechanism for charter schools. The legislation stipulated that charter school students receive funding comparable to their peers in traditional public schools by releasing the state's per-pupil SEEK funds to follow students to public schools. SEEK, or the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky funding program, is the formula used by the state to decide the exact allocation of public support given to each school district.

The bill also required local districts to share a portion of property tax revenue with charter schools.

However, a Franklin County circuit judge ruled

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