The Kentucky Supreme Court is reversing course in a 4 to 3 ruling.

The justices now say a law limiting the power of the Jefferson County Board of Education is unconstitutional.

In 2022, the Kentucky General Assembly passed Senate Bill one, which stripped certain powers from the school board and gave them to the superintendent.

The law currently only applies to Jefferson County Public Schools.

JK Kentucky's constitution prevents legislation that applies to a single entity.

The state's highest court ruled in favor of the law last year, but in April, the court withdrew its ruling and granted the school board's request for a rehearing.

Writing for the majority opinion today, Justice Angela McCormick wrote, quote, we do not hold today that the General Assembly may never enact legislation addressed to only one particular type of county or form of county government, but rather only that it cannot do so unreasonably and quote.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, who argued in favor of the law, says he's stunned by the court's reversal.

He says, quote, this decision is devastating for JK students and leaves them trapped in a failing system while sabotage, sabotaging the General Assembly'