Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet wishes you a happy and safe holiday week. This is a reminder that our offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in observance of Thanksgiving.

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet wishes you a happy and safe holiday week. This is a reminder that our offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in observance of Thanksgiving.

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Yesterday, Senior Advisor to the Governor, Rocky Adkins, and Pre-K for All Executive Director, Sam Flynn, spoke to the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board about how Pre-K for All will help Kentucky build the workforce of the future. With Pre-K for All we will see up to 70,000 Kentucky parents rejoin the workforce, and the data shows that by giving kids a strong start in life, we increase their likelihood of going to college, living a healthy life, and building a strong career. 

The Advisory Committee saw that making Pre-K for All work for everyone will require a system that is transparent, responsive, effective, and accountable. Right now, in Kentucky, we have gaps in our data collection. By building a coordinated system to track progress we will make sure that all of our kids are getting the education they deserve, and taxpayers across the Commonwealth will know their dollars are making a real difference.

The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet wishes you a happy and safe holiday week. This is a reminder that our offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in observance of Thanksgiving.

Gov. Beshear’s Senior Advisor Rocky Adkins and Pre-K for All Advisory Committee Executive Director Sam Flynn encourage business and community leaders as they map out plans and strategies for the upcoming year during the quarterly meeting of the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board held at The Hub for Innovative Learning and Leadership (HILL) in Lexington.

Quality is important and our youngest Kentuckians deserve the best when it comes to their education. The Pre-K for All Advisory Committee saw that, in states like Alabama, having uniform quality standards for preschool expansion across all provider types means that no matter where our kids go to preschool, they will be able to learn and grow.

FFA and GSE are both passionate about building lifelong entrepreneurial skills in high school students and have the history to prove it! Here is what Cade R., Kentucky FFA Association member and Summer Startup 2025 graduate, had to say about the Summer Startup program: "GSE Summer Startup boosted my confidence in public speaking and has made attending college in the future possible. It’s been life-changing." Cade R., Casey County High School The GSE Summer Startup 2026 application is open now! Apply today, or register for an upcoming Info Session to learn more! kentuckygse.com.

Join us on November 19 at 7 p.m. ET for our next Summer Startup 2026 Virtual Info Session! If you're a 9th, 10th, or 11th-grader interested in participating in next year's summer program, this session is for you! We'll discuss key dates to remember, application materials, and what it takes to be an E! Get all your questions answered and discover if Summer Startup is right for you! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gpyBC6SK