KY Faculty and Staff Alliance/AFT

05/21/2026

Who We Are?

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) KY 1360 is a union of higher education professionals who represents faculty & staff at each of the sixteen community and technical colleges of KCTCS.
AFT KY 1360 advocates for well researched and sound policies for higher education, high academic standards, and the working conditions needed to maintain them.

We are affiliated with the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers, representing public employees, Pre-K-12 teachers, paraprofessionals and school-related personnel, nurse and health professionals, and higher education faculty, staff, and graduate employees.

American Federation of Teachers is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO national labor union.

AFT KY 1360 advocates for well researched and sound policies for higher education, high academic standards, and the working conditions needed to maintain them. 

05/21/2026

HB 619 is a comprehensive governance overhaul for KCTCS, streamlining leadership, enhancing oversight, and aligning the system’s structure with modern educational governance standards.

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05/21/2026

West Kentucky Community and Technical College - As a result of HB 619, changes are coming to WKCTC:

(PADUCAH, Ky.) — West Kentucky Community and Technical College celebrated the legacy of its local Board of Directors last week, presenting members with commemorative awards at what would be the board’s final meeting before being dissolved under

05/21/2026

House Bill 619 in Kentucky has set the stage for many changes to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. You should take a gander at this legislation:

05/07/2026

Congratulations to our newest retiree members who are retiring during the 2026 - 2027 academic year 🎉🍷❤️🎓🎂🎊❗️

04/24/2026

No suprise with this one...

For the first time in modern history, a generation scores lower than the one that raised it. The reason sits on every school desk in America.

04/13/2026

We endorse Dr. Christian Furman.

04/06/2026

Where is the state of Kentucky headed with higher education❓️

OpEd: Kentucky lawmakers have passed a two-year budget that cuts funding to public universities by 7%

04/04/2026

Educators, pass this along if you still value shared governance in colleges and in universities in the state of Kentucky.

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02/19/2026

Tomorrow morning HB 497 will be voted on by the members of the House of the Ky General Assembly. This bill forces a bigger financial burden on children of people who were killed in the line of duty or students who are disabled. That is bad. However, the most egregious part of the bill has language that essentially destroys the Donovan Scholarship in the state of Kentucky. This program has been in effect since 1976 and allows senior citizens to attend classes at any higher ed institution in the state of Ky. Seniors can only attend a class if there is an empty seat in the course. There is little or
no cost to the higher ed institution.



TONIGHT, CAN YOU pick up your phone and call the legislative hotline? Please tell the message service:

you oppose HB 497 and you especially oppose the language that essentially ends the Donovan Scholarship Program. Ask the legislators to support Amendment 1 proposed by Representative Lisa Wilner.

Her amendment cleverly just eliminates all language about the Donovan Scholarship program in this bill thus restoring the Donovan Scholarship in full.



PLEASE Call 1-800-372-7181