The Kentucky Education Association calls it a "shameful" bill that was swiftly and narrowly approved by the Republican-led Legislature without a hearing or chance to comment on the final version.
Republican lawmakers passed a pension overhaul that preserves benefits for most workers and does little in the short-term to address the state's massive debt. The lawmakers passed the bill it in response to one of the worst-funded public retirement systems in the country and in defiance of a powerful teachers union that vowed political retribution.