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The Kentucky Supreme Court hears oral arguments at Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts in Danville, Ky., Sept. 10, 2025. Seated from left are Justice Shea Nickell, Justice Kelly Thompson, Justice Angela McCormick Bisig, Chief Justice of the Commonwealth Debra Hembree Lambert, Justice Pamela R. Goodwine, Justice Michelle M. Keller and Justice Robert B. Conley. (Jim Hoffman/Administrative Office of the Courts via AP)

School choice resurfaced Thursday as a hotly debated issue in Kentucky, where the state's highest court heard arguments in a bitter dispute over the constitutionality of a measure to publicly fund charter schools.

The measure, known as House Bill 9, was enacted by the state's GOP-dominated legislature in 2022 over Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto . It wou

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