Governor Beshear’s weekly address: Kentucky's Drop Out Rate

By: Neil Middleton - Email

Updated: Fri 5:15 PM, Feb 19, 2010

Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the state’s drop out rate. More than 6,000 students dropped out of school in 200

Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the state’s drop out rate.

More than 6,000 students dropped out of school in 2008. Nearly 26% of adults statewide have less than a high school education. Governor Beshear uses this week’s address to push for House Bill 301which will raise the state’s drop out age from 16-18.

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Governor Beshear’s weekly address: Kentucky's Drop Out Rate

Here is Governor Steve Beshear’s weekly address ‘About Kentucky’. The topic is the state’s drop out rate. More than 6,000 students dropped out of school in 200

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