The public papers of governor Martha Layne Collins, 1983-1987Elizabeth Duffy Fraas, editor.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; EDITOR'S PREFACE; CAREER AND ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS; A LIFE OF PUBLIC SERVICE; RECESSION WOES; EDUCATION REFORM ANDECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IS RIGHT; WINNING TOYOTA; ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE; ADMINISTRATION CONFLICTS; THE TRIAL OF DR. BILL COLLINS; BOND ISSUES; GOVERNMENT AS HELPER; AFTER OFFICE; THE COLLINS LEGACY; INAUGURAL ADDRESS; LEGISLATIVE MESSAGESAND STATEMENTS; General Assembly Conference on Education; State of the Commonwealth Address.

Press Statement on Revenue RevisionsBudget Address; Lexington Forum; Appeal for Support of Budget, KET; Withdrawal of Tax Measure: Press Statement; Kentucky Broadcasters Association; Kentuckians in New York; General Press Conference: Statement of the Governor; Year-End Report Introduction; STATE GOVERNMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATION; Education Summit; Extraordinary Session on Education; Protective Services Bill Signing; Signing of Education Bills; State of the Commonwealth Address; Budget Address; REVENUE; EDUCATION; RETIRED TEACHERS; VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

LIBRARIESHIGHER EDUCATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM; STATE PARKS; KENTUCKY HORSE PARK; KENTUCKY FAIR AND EXPOSITION CENTER; HUMAN SERVICES; CHILDREN; MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION; CORRECTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY; THE ARTS; STATE EMPLOYEES; ROAD FUND; Special Task Force on Workers' Compensation; Associated Press Fall Newspaper Meeting: Toyota Incentives; Press Conference on Workers' Compensation; Workers' Compensation Address to General Assembly; Extraordinary Session on Workers' Compensation; Signing of Workers' Compensation Bill; EDUCATION REFORM.

Press Conference: Governor's Council on Educational ReformCouncil on Educational Reform: First Meeting; Kentucky Association of School Administrators; Town Forums Announcement Dinner; Career Ladder Committee; Associated Press Managing Editors; Town Forums: KET Introductory Remarks; Governor's Conference on School / Community Partnerships; Council on Educational Reform Recommendations; Kentucky Press Association; ACT for Covington; Press Conference on Adult Literacy Commission; Academic Competition Announcement; The Case for Improving Our Schools; A SKILLED WORKFORCE.

EDUCATING EMPLOYEES'CHILDRENQUALITY OF LIFE; Prichard Committee; Kentucky Education Association; Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Economic Conference; Fifth Congressional District Tour; Southern Regional Education Board: Governors Panel; EDUCATION AND JOBS; EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; A FOUNDATION; ACCOUNTABILITY; TRAINING PROGRAMS; CONCLUSIONS; Prichard Committee Meeting; Kentucky Association of School Administrators; Press Conference on Remedial Education Program; American Association of School Administrators; Southern Regional Education Board; Academic Competition Announcement.

General Educational Development (GED) Press Conference.

This volume presents the important speeches and correspondence of Governor Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman to be elected governor of Kentucky. Papers from the state archives chronicle the agenda and rhetoric that Collins, a former schoolteacher, used to accomplish the intertwining goals of education reform and economic development. Included are Collins's letters to automobile makers to consider Kentucky as a manufacturing site and her triumphant announcement that Toyota had selected Kentucky for its plant. The volume also includes Collins's pivotal speeches during her rise to le.

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