Amendment two failed by an almost 2 to 1 margin.

So what's next for the Kentucky General Assembly on education policy?

Well, Senate President Robert Stivers says lawmakers are focused on helping underperforming school districts.

I think what you will see and this is what this was, was you will attempts to look at poorly performing school systems and see how we can help those poorly performing school systems.

But look, both you know, they said they don't like that pathway.

So we're going to look at other pathways to have accountability and performance in poorly performing school districts.

And I think everybody is for that.

You want accountability and good performance in public education.

Stivers also predicted Kentucky would soon have a Republican governor and said that should U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell choose not to seek reelection in 2026, he says any qualified Republican would be able to hold on to the Senate seat.

Now back to Amendment two.

Governor Andy Beshear released this statement on the defeat of Amendment two.

It says, quote, Kentucky voters have once again definitively stated that public dollars belong only in public schools.

It's time our legislative leaders recognize the will of the people and get serious about ensuring that every Kentucky child gets a world class public education.

That means they should immediately get to work fully funding our public schools, including a raise and educator pay to address the teacher shortage and enacting universal pre-K for every Kentucky four year old in quote.