While widening student achievement gaps, transportation troubles, school disciplinary issues and staff shortages, persistent problems in many schools.

But some believe they're are more acute.

In the state's largest school district, a law of a Republican has a plan to study those matters via the formation of a 13 member task force to examine 17 key areas concerning the Jefferson County Public School District.

Here's the legislation Sponsor Representative Ken Fleming, an opposing Louisville Democrats, who say the end goal is splintering the district into smaller ones.

His task force will be appointed by the LRC and consists of legislators, individual state auditor, The mayor, appointee, business community, teachers and taxpayers with children in the system.

Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that there has been discussion to the superintendent as a member of this task force, and since the superintendent has a contract and reports to the board who will be reviewing and voting or recommend recommendation.

And as much as I like to have the superintendent on this, I believe it might not be advisable for a perceived conflict of interest.

Therefore, in the current writing, the current language remains that he can nominate three people.

We have ten other schools in this state who are sitting at the bottom.

So high schools are in power.

Powell Wolf, Perry Covington Independent Middle Schools are.

LAWRENCE Fulton Elementary Schools are Trimble, Letcher and Bradford.

Ten schools that are in the bottom that are doing worse than JCP.

So this bill clearly is targeting one school district that is trying to be torn apart under the false pretense of caring about kids.

If we wanted to pass legislation that would support CPS and all school districts in this state, we could do whatever we want.

We have the funding to do it.

The House approved House Concurrent Resolution 81 on a vote of 65 to 23.

It now heads to the Senate for consideration there.