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Kentucky

ECS State Liaison
Jennifer Dounay Zinth (303) 299-3689 jdounay@ecs.org

Governor
Steven Beshear (D)		http://governor.ky.gov/

Chief State School Officer
Terry Holliday Commissioner of Education		http://education.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Legislative Committee Chairs
Stan Humphries Senate Budget Review Subcommittee on Education
Mike Wilson Senate Education Committee
Derrick Graham House Education Committee
Arnold Simpson House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education

State Higher Education Executive Officer
Robert King President Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education		http://www.cpe.ky.gov

ECS Commissioners
* indicates Steering Committee member.
Steven Beshear Governor Commonwealth of Kentucky
Gary Cox President Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities
Derrick Graham Chair, House Education Committee Kentucky House of Representatives
Blake Haselton Interim Dean University of Louisville
Verna Lowe Dean Eastern Kentucky University
Joseph U. Meyer * former Secretary of Education
Mike Wilson Chair, Senate Education Committee Kentucky Senate

Links to State Pages
http://www.state.ky.us/
State Legislature
State Education Statutes (title XIII)

State Administrative Code (titles 700 through 790)

Links to Major Newspapers
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lexington Herald-Leader
Bowling Green News

State Policies and Reports

From the ECS State Policy Database: Kentucky

2005 School Finance Report (Research Report No. 335)

School Size and Student Outcomes in Kentucky’s Public Schools

School Size and Student Outcomes in Kentucky’s Public Schools

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