Action Alert: Advance education for a more highly skilled workforce
Help advance the Chamber’s education agenda to ensure the students of today can be the highly skilled workers of tomorrow. Call and leave a message for your…
Education
Early high school graduation good for business
Today, the Senate Education Committee passed SB 69, a bill to allow high school juniors to graduate from high school early and continue on to…
Career pathways legislation passes Senate Education Committee
The Chamber-supported career pathways legislation, SB 36 (Westwood), passed the Senate Education Committee today. The bill would provide career-based programs of study for high school…
House education committee passes bill to raise mandatory school attendance age
HB 225 (Greer), which would phase in raising the mandatory high school attendance age to 18, passed the House education committee today. The bill now…
Chamber Day videos available on YouTube
The 16th Annual Kentucky Chamber Day dinner, presented by Fidelity Investments, took place Jan. 6, 2011 at the Lexington Center. Kentucky President and CEO Dave Adkisson, legislative leaders…
“Average” grade is not enough
Education Week’s Quality Counts report, released this week, gives Kentucky’s education system an overall grade of C. The score of 75.2 placed the state 34th…
Chamber-supported bills pass Senate Education Committee
Day two of the 2011 legislative session saw the committee passage of two positive education bills. The Senate Education Committee passed out SB12 (Winters), to…
Raise the bar for Kentucky’s kids
Kudos go out to Bob King, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, for a great editorial, released today by CPE. We all know the…
Leading public officials discuss 2011 political landscape
Despite the inclement weather, the Kentucky Chamber’s 16th Annual Policy Conference, sponsored by Brown-Forman, was a great success with 15 of Kentucky’s leading public officials…
Pre-K: What’s the return on investment?
As our country debates education, economic and job growth initiatives, state and local Chambers of Commerce must play a proactive role. One way we can…