Teacher discontent swells over proposed cuts to benefits

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Teacher Jessica Page was showing her central Kentucky elementary school students how to play the recorder last Friday while fearing the worst from state Senate deliberations in the capital city: lawmakers have begun considering potential reforms to the state's woefully underfunded public pension system, and cutting some benefits for retired teachers was among leading possibilities.

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