About 35% of all JCPS students will continue with virtual instruction for the rest of the semester, even as their classmates return to in-person classes part-time with a hybrid education model.

Both the Senate and House passed an amended version of House Bill 382 on Tuesday, the last day of Kentucky’s 2021 regular legislative session.

A controversial bill that will allow parents to choose where to send their children to school passed Monday night, following several hours in the chambers to bypass last week’s veto by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.

WAVE 3 News reached out to local colleges and universities to ask if they will also require students or staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before they full return to campus.

After multiple hours in the chambers discussing several vetoes by Governor Andy Beshear, a controversial “school choice” bill was passed into law Monday night.

Some teachers will be caravanning to the Kentucky State Capitol on Monday morning to fight House Bill 563.

Teachers at Bates Elementary School received a special treat on Thursday thanks to a local community center and churches.

No injuries were reported in a crash involving a JCPS bus on Thursday morning.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a measure that would allow limited use of scholarship tax credits for private-school tuition, calling it an attack on public education.

As of right now, prom may not be likely this year.

Several Kentucky superintendents and educators called on Governor Andy Beshear to veto a school choice bill that would create tax credit scholarships for middle to lower class students, and urged legislators not to override the veto on Tuesday.

New Albany Floyd County students have returned to five days of in-person learning as Indiana’s COVID-19 cases drop.

On Monday, the youngest students at Jefferson County Public Schools hopped off the bus and headed for class at George Unseld Early Childhood Learning Center, some for the very first time.

The CDC on Friday relaxed its physical distancing guidelines for children in schools to recommend most students maintain at least three feet of distance.

The police report describing the actions of an armed suspect at Greenwood Elementary Thursday has now been released.

After a year of wondering what a graduation could possibly look like, seniors are now just days away from a possible answer.

The Kentucky Department of Education could update its Healthy at School guidance as soon as next week to relax social distancing requirements in schools.

No one was hurt, and Pollio credited that partly to Greenwood Elementary staff who he said followed the district’s safety procedures.

All staff and students were moved from the cafeteria and were locked inside their classrooms and offices.

Many kids are facing a new anxiety heading back into the classroom.

The American Rescue Plan will provide Kentucky schools will $2 billion to help reopen safely.

Even for the students in the classroom Thursday, it was their first day back in person over a year.

More than 7,200 elementary students returned to JCPS classrooms Wednesday for the first time in more than a year.

Bullitt County says support from the state helped them manage the transition from virtual to in-person learning.

House Bill 563 would create a $25 million tax-credit scholarship fund through business donations. Middle and lower-class families could then use that money to send their child to a school of their choosing.

Teachers and students were both excited to get back into the building.

The goal of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is to make that possible for every single child by sending free books to homes with kids age 5 years old and under.

Jefferson County Public Schools retuned to the classroom Wednesday on a hybrid learning schedule starting with elementary schools.

JCPS returns Wednesday to in-person learning with a hybrid model. There will be strict protocols of mask-wearing, temperature checks and social distancing.

The backpacks are getting dusted off, the outfits are getting laid out and new this year will be the masks.

JCPS is just hours away from putting students back in the classroom, but even then, not all of them will be there.

Before Louisville public schools resume in-person learning, JCPS is offering resources to families to ensure students are prepared.

JCPS students have spent a year away from their friends, teachers, and classrooms, and that time away can put a lot of strain on children’s mental health.

When classrooms moved to computers in early 2020, many educators and scholars predicted students would suffer learning loss, and schools districts like Bullitt County Public Schools have begun to see those consequences.

A new tool to help parents and guardians locate their child’s bus number and bus stop was launched Monday.

Kentucky’s largest school district will reopen its doors to students beginning next week, but teachers and other staff have already been hard at work inside the schools.

JCPS Superintendent, Dr. Marty Pollio spent the better part of an hour walking through the hallways of Meyzeek Middle School before students return April 5.

The application would crowdsource and compile photos, videos and other details from officer interactions

In each video, filled with funny outtakes and set to popular music, the educators introduced students to traditional sports.

There might not be a lot of things Republicans and Democrats agree on, but two of them are kids — and Dolly Parton.

The University of Louisville broke ground on a new residence hall Tuesday, the second in the past two weeks.

Kentucky’s largest school district has made changes to its in-person meal service as students prepare to return to the classroom, some as early as March 17.

Louisville rapper Jack Harlow is donating winnings from a basketball competition to two local Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Before sending kids back to school, local healthcare professionals said parents may want to find out if they are up to date on their immunizations.

Some students in the New Albany Floyd County Schools who have been attending class on a hybrid schedule will soon be returning to the classroom on a full-time basis.

Back-to-school is right around the corner for Jefferson County Public School students who selected the hybrid learning model.

KAET, the Kentucky Academy for Equity in Teaching, is divided into three objectives: To inspire, to prepare, and to educate the next generation of teachers.

The University of Louisville broke ground Tuesday on a new residence hall named after two-time National Championship Coach Denny Crum.

The Jefferson County Board of Education approved the phased-in reopening of schools to start on March 17.

As the clock ticks closer to March 17 when the first group of Jefferson County Public Schools students will return to in-person learning, the district is racing against time to fill critical staff positions.

Joe Marshall, who was seen hesitantly voting ‘yes’ with his head in his hands, helped carry the 4 to 3 decision.

As JCPS prepares to resume in-person instruction, the district is working to address transportation concerns.

On Thursday, the Jefferson County School Board voted to bring elementary school students back to the classroom on a hybrid model of education.

Some parents, teachers, and students told WAVE 3 News they feel the hardest part is yet to come after being confined to screens for a year.

The Jefferson County Board of Education on Thursday approved an amended version of JCPS Superintendent Marty Pollio’s proposal to begin a phased return to classrooms next month.

The decision has weighed heavy on many parents since last March.

Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio said Thursday that schools across the district are ready to get back into the classroom.

Millions of masks are among the items Jefferson County Public Schools has available for when students return to in-person learning.