Strengthen Adult Education System

While the state is making progress in improving education levels of younger Kentuckians, the educational attainment of older workers, those between 25 and 64, continues to present significant challenges. The Chamber supports initiatives designed to meet these challenges, such as the Kentucky Adult Education System’s efforts to increase the number of people earning a GED and enrolling in postsecondary education programs and the Council on Postsecondary Education’s Project Graduate encouraging adults with some college credits to complete their degrees. With numbers not where they need to be, these and other efforts are essential to increasing the skills of Kentuckians already in the workforce.