Amendment two, if passed, would allow the Kentucky General Assembly to fund schools outside the public education system, such as charter and parochial schools.

Our Laura Rogers spoke with elected officials on both sides of the issue in Bowling Green.

Are we ready.

To take our schools back?

The political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity.

Hosting a rally last night in support of Amendment two.

We are the.

Outliers in the entire nation here with no charter school options, no voucher options, no school choice at.

All.

Kelly Paul and her husband, U.S.

Senator Rand Paul, hoping next Tuesday's election will change that.

The superintendent in Jefferson County makes $389,000 a year and only a third of the kids can read at grade level.

If people are okay with that, that's fine.

I'm not okay with that.

He says the opposing sides concerns that the amendment would take money away from public education isn't true.

In every state where there are vouchers.

There's been an increase in public funding and there's actually been an improvement in scores because competition works.

Public education is not a sport.

The lieutenant governor disagrees.

The notion that competition makes it better is asinine, because I know as a teacher you are worried about the kids in your classroom, not the kids in the school down down the road.

And when we get through with November 5th, we want to keep that money flowing to our public schools to keep it getting better and better.

A press conference on opposing Amendment two was held this morning at the UAW Hall in Bowling Green.

The legislature has ultimately accepted that every single piece of legislation they have put forward is unconstitutional.

So now Amendment two is an attempt to overturn seven sections of Kentucky's Constitution.

Seven sections that protect public education so that they can divert tax dollars elsewhere.

That's dangerous.

As a former educator and basketball coach, Coleman says the amendment could also affect high school athletics, especially and rural communities.

It allows those private school coaches to come money and hand to the best players in your community schools and recruit them away.

I wouldn't be for Amendment two if it was if I thought it would harm public education.

The polls say they support public education, but they believe parents deserve more choices.

There are a lot of kids being left behind in Jefferson County that are primarily poor, often African-American.

And those kids deserve the same choices as rich white kids on the East End.

I don't believe that public school dollars should be sent to the private sector to where they can spend it however they choose and not be accountable to us as taxpayers.

One thing both sides do agree on is they want what's best for the individual child.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.