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We
take
the
roll
call
members
attending
remotely.
Please
indicate
whether
you're
in
your
annex
office
or
on
the
capitol
grounds.
You
can
be
counted
as
present
and
vote
on
bills,
those
members
that
are
not
present
on
the
capitol
grounds,
but
maybe
from
their
district
office.
Please
indicate
that
and
votes
will
not
be
recorded
for
you
on
vote
on
bills.
A
C
B
C
A
President
in
the
room,
all
right,
we
do
have
a
quorum
and
can
do
we
conduct
business
today.
A
We'll
have
several
bills
up
here.
It
appears
today
might
be
jackson
purchase
day
for
this
committee.
So
we're
happy
to
have
several
members
here
from
that
area.
The
first
bill
we're
going
to
deal
with
is
house
bill,
659
sponsored
by
floor
leader,
rudy,
sir.
We
know
who
you
are,
but
for
the
record
please
introduce
yourself
and
after
you've
done
so
you
can
begin
your
presentation
on
house
bill.
659
stephen.
F
A
We
had
a
motion
by
representative
bray.
I
did
hear
a
second
by
representative
huff.
Are
there
any
questions.
C
G
E
A
A
A
A
Thank
you.
Our
next
bill
is
house
bill,
745
representative
bowling
representative
bowling.
If
you'll
introduce
yourself
for
the
record
and
your
guest
as
well
after
you've
done
that
you
can
go
ahead
and
start
your
presentation
on
the
bill.
We
do
have
a
committee
sub.
So
let's
adopt
that
after
you
introduce
yourself.
H
A
All
those
in
favor
of
a
doc
representative,
bojanowski.
A
H
All
right,
what
we're
doing
today
is
we
are
caught
house
bill
745.
It
codifies
the
kentucky
product
development
initiative
and
I
became
interested
in
this
because
in
the
the
house's
proposed
budget
this
year
we
set
aside
100
million
dollars
for
this
initiative.
H
I
learned
that
the
initiative
is
actually
a
pilot
program
created
by
kentucky
association
of
economic
development
three
years
ago,
with
half
a
million
dollars
of
their
own
funds
to
help
ready
kentucky
sites
for
immediate
use.
K-A-E-D
used
a
third-party
site,
selectors
group
who's-
actually,
I
think,
might
be
joining
us
today
via
zoom.
I
should
have
introduced
her
beth.
Would
you
like
to
introduce
yourself
real,
quick.
J
H
You
so
they
worked
with
site,
selectors
group
to
create
the
program,
select
selection
matrix,
and
we
we
can
talk
about
that
further.
As
best
said,
the
program
is
a
dollar
for
dollar
reimbursement
match
for
improving
potential
public
industrial
sites
to
help
attract
new
businesses
to
the
commonwealth.
H
The
pdi
program
to
date
has
utilized
eight
million
dollars
in
those
three
years
in
matching
grant
funds
provided
through
the
cabinet
for
economic
development
which
which
were
awarded
the
local
public
entities.
Currently,
the
funds
can
only
be
used
for
infrastructure
and
extensions
or
improvements,
site,
preparation,
work
and
road
improvements.
H
H
This
program
is
not
meant
to
be
a
quick
fix
for
nearly
complete
projects.
It
is
a
long-term
investment
in
kentucky
properties
to
ready
them
for
immediate
habitation
for
companies
looking
to
locate
or
expand
in
kentucky.
As
I
mentioned
earlier
house,
bill
745
codifies
the
kentucky
association
of
economic
development
housed
kentucky
product
development
initiative
in
the
statute.
H
The
bill
guarantees
a
strategic
and
return
on
investment
based
vehicle
through
which
the
legislature
can
appropriate
matching
grants
up
to
one
million
dollars
per
project.
It
allows
funding
for
property
acquisition,
acquisition
and
diligence
studies
in
addition
to
current
eligible
uses
house
bill.
745
sets
up
administration
of
the
program
through
the
cabinet
for
economic
development,
but
kaed
through
a
third
party
consultant
will
be
responsible
for
receiving
re,
reviewing
and
recommending
final
grant
recipients
to
the
cabinet
for
disbursement
of
grants.
A
G
G
H
G
And
another
brief
question:
if
I
may,
sir
okay,
on
page
six,
three
b,
it
discusses
that
it's
for
public
development.
So
is
this
program
only
for
public
developments?
It
would
not
be
for
private
projects.
I
G
G
Okay
and
then
you
do
declare
the
return
on
investment,
so
there
wouldn't
be
any
dollars
coming
back
to
the
state
or
to
that
organization.
It
would
more
be
the
economic
development
of
increased
jobs.
That
sort
of
thing.
I
K
K
Okay,
very
good.
I
am
very
moved
by
the
compassionate
pleas
we
hear
from
our
friends
in
eastern
kentucky
and
the
very
small
counties
that
are
needing
economic
development
as
far
as
the
match
is
that
going
to
preclude
or
keep
any
of
our
smaller
counties
from
being
able
to
participate?
If
how
are
they
going
to
provide
their
match.
H
I
For
the
question
so
the
the
match
element
for
us.
You
know
it
generates
some
local
skin
in
the
game.
Local
commitment
builds
really
great
local
motivation
and
I
think
commitment
specific
locally
to
economic
development,
which
is,
which
is
a
good
thing
and
I
think,
also
just
as
an
an
exercise
preparing
for
a
local
match:
better
readies
communities,
even
outside
of
the
the
product
development
initiative
with
verified
financial
assets
that
they
know
can
be
put
to
good
use
for
economic
development.
I
So
now
to
your
point,
I
appreciate
the
question:
it's
it's
a
good
one
too.
So
we
we
want
to
be
very
flexible
so
that
we
can
be
as
inclusive
as
we
need
to
be
for
all
elements
of
the
commonwealth
with
this
program
specific
to
the
match.
So
we
will
accept
other
grants,
we'll
accept
federal
grants.
Utilities
can
be
of
assistance
and
there's
an
engaged
series
of
utilities
that
are
part
of
this
program
all
across
the
commonwealth.
So
we
we
want
to
allow
for
flexibility
there
and
rigidity
around
the
match.
I
Isn't
something
that's
part
of
this
program
so
we're
very
flexible?
I
appreciate
your
question
on
that
too.
K
Okay
are
agriculture,
any
kind
of
agriculture
products
and
development
able
to
participate
in
this
program
is
sure
yeah.
Okay,
great
thank
you.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
One
quick
question.
I
heard
you
mentioned
that
one
of
the
things
that
you
can
do
through
this
program
is
property
acquisition,
so
would
that
basically
be
providing
some
funding
for
local
economic
development
entities?
They
can
they
have
a
property
that
they
that
is
at
this
point
useless?
They
can
purchase
it
and
then
go
through
the
upgrades
to
make
it
more
attractive
for
development.
Is
that
the
idea
absolutely.
I
And
it's
one
of
the
I'm
sorry
representative.
Well,
it's
one
of
the
issues
that
we
we
currently
have
with
with
the
program,
so
just
for
as
well
as
it's
produced
for
as
well
as
it's
done
with
a
small
amount
of
money
and
turning
that
above
over
half
a
billion
dollars
worth
of
investment.
We
are
accessing
a
small
and
restrictive
pool
of
funds
that
do
not
allow
for
property
acquisition
in
a
property
development
sort
of
program.
E
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
My
question
is
about
the
I
like
that
this
is
really
data
based
in
the
scoring
system
and
the
factors
that
go
into
the
scoring
system
that
are
listed
on
page
eight.
Can
you
talk
more
about
the
the
logistics
of
that
process
and
how
scoring
takes
place
and
and
then
how
that's
later
used
to
evaluate
sites.
I
Yeah.
Thank
you
for
that
question,
because
this
this
is
a
point
of
pride
of
the
the
program.
This
is
where
you
can
really
feel
confident
in
the
integrity.
It's
also
why
it
has
performed
with
the
roi
in
the
way
that
it
has
so
if
you'll
allow
chairman,
I
would
love
to
to
point
to
beth
land,
who
is
our
project
manager
on
this.
J
Good
morning,
everybody
so
again,
I'm
beth
land
and
just
to
zoom
out
for
two
seconds,
and
let
you
know
who
I
am
I
work
for
site
selection
group.
We
are
a
location
advisory
firm,
so
you
know
our
main
bread
and
butter
is
helping
companies
choose
where
to
locate,
helping
them
make
corporate
investment
decisions
based
on
a
lot
of
different
things
like
logistics,
labor
force
and
labor.
You
know
obviously
drives
a
lot
of
those
decisions.
J
Right
now
you
know
cost
modeling
across
various
geographies
and
obviously
there
is
a
huge
component
of
physical
sight
and
infrastructure
readiness,
so
just
to
kind
of
zoom
out
a
little
bit.
You
know
every
day
we
put
together
models
for
all
these
different
types
of
projects
that
we're
working
based
on
those
models
and
based
on
knowing
what
companies
need,
and
you
know,
from
an
infrastructure,
but
also
from
a
labor
force
and
a
community
quality
perspective.
J
We've
developed
some
modeling
systems
that
basically
show
us
okay,
a
company
that
needs
three
thousand
people
of
highly
skilled
talent.
You
know
and
is
not
really
concerned
about
the
the
wage
level
they're
more
focused
on,
like
you
know,
just
sheer
quality.
So
think
of
like
biopharmaceutical
or
something
like
that,
then
you
have
these
smaller
companies
that
need
only
50
jobs,
but
you
know
are:
are
more
cost
sensitive,
so
they
can
operate
in
markets
where
you
know,
there's
not
the
need
for
the
amount
of
people.
J
J
So
we've
developed
a
model
that
basically
up
weights
and
shows
which
communities
in
rural
areas-
and
you
know
to
a
comment
earlier
about
eastern
kentucky-
we
can
kind
of
dial
in
you
know
which
communities
show
really
well
for
some
of
those
smaller
cost
sensitive
projects.
Where
you
know
a
smaller
project
still
would
have
an
enormous
impact,
so
we've
basically
developed
a
model
that
looks
at
total
impact
in
roi.
J
It
looks
at
relative
impact
and
relative
impact,
meaning
you
know
some
of
these
different
types
of
projects
and
also
just
looking
at
the
community
itself,
layering
it
with
a
lot
of
workforce
data
and
common
sense,
and
I
think
that
that's
important,
so
we
layer
a
lot
of
data
with
a
common
sense
approach
and
the
physical
site
readiness
to
kind
of
find
those
sites
that
are
going
to
work.
J
J
C
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
My
my
question
is
basically
on
the
third
party
that
we
would
be
contracting
with.
How
is
that
third
party
paid
out
of
these
funds.
I
Through
through
my
organization,
so
it
through
kad,
we
have
we
fund
the
consultant.
We
have
over
three
years,
spend
about
a
half
a
million
dollars
of
our
own
investment,
to
stand
up
this
program
to
get
it
to
the
point
of
readiness
that
you're
now
considering,
and
we're
committed
to
continuing
to
do
that.
C
A
We
have
any
other
questions
before
we
vote
representative
bowling.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
this.
I
think
that
recently
we've
had
some
discussions
in
this
body
about
bringing
jobs
and
job
opportunities
and
businesses
to
areas
of
the
state
that
may
need
that,
and-
and
I
see
this
bill
as
as
being
something
that
does
that,
and
I
appreciate
you're
bringing
this
forward
and
and
the
discussion
that
we've
had
today.
I
think
it's
it's
productive
and
it
gives
me
positive
hope.
H
H
It
lays
that
out
and
one
of
the
the
things
that
we
require
is
that
they
provide
detailed
feedback
to
all
grant
applicants
after
the
site,
evaluation
and
project
score
are
completed,
so
beth
talked
about
that
some
she
hit
it
on
that
and
I
just
think
that's
just
great
value
for
to
help
educate
some
of
our
areas
of
hey.
What
what
do
we
need?
What
do
you
need
to
be
looking
for
in
the
future?
So
there's
a
lot
of
things
I
like
about
this,
but
that's
that's
definitely
one
of
them.
A
All
right,
we
do
have
a
motion
and
a
second
on
house
bill
745,
as
amended
by
committee
substitute
one
sasha.
Please
call
the
roll
representative.
G
G
G
E
E
L
A
Yes,
house
bill
745,
as
amended
by
committee,
substitute
one
passes
with
favorable
expression.
We
do
have
a
title
amendment.
Can
I
get
a
motion
on
the
titleman
representative
elliott
on
the
made
the
motion
all
right?
I
heard
several
representative
lockett
stuck
it
out
to
me
so
representative
lockett.
Is
it
all
right?
All
those
in
favor
of
adopting
the
title
amendment
say
aye.
Those
opposed
no
title
amendment
is
adopted.
A
Next
up
is
a
gentleman
who
is
known
by
quite
a
few
of
us
here,
former
my
former
counterpart
and
chair
of
the
economic
development
committee,
senator
carroll.
We
we
do
miss
you
in
that
role,
senator
schroeder
is,
is
doing
quite
well
and
we
we
enjoy
serving
with
him,
but
do
miss
our
time
serving
with
you.
L
A
Senator
carol,
I'm
going
to
ask
you
and
I
see
senator
parrott
there,
who
also
we
represent
some
of
the
same
area.
I'm
going
to
ask
each
of
you
at
the
table
to
introduce
yourselves
and
then
we
do
have
a
committee
sub
on
senate
bill.
94.
Let's
adopt
that
and
then
you
can
begin
your
presentation
on
the
bill
with
the
adopted
sub.
A
We
do
have
a
committee
sub
for
senate
bill.
94
representative
bray
makes
a
motion
to
have
a
second
representative
freeland,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed.
No,
the
committee
sub
is
adopted
to
senate
bill
94..
You
may
begin
now,
sir.
Mr.
L
Chairman,
I
think
I
want
to
speak
to
the
sub
just
real
quickly
on
on
the
changes
to
the
bill.
Basically,
on
page
five
at
the
top,
it
takes
out
the
the
line
receiving
the
scholarship
for
four
academic
terms
and
for
work
ready.
It's
there
were
limits
on
the
the
term
that
that
scholarship
could
be
received
and
at
the
the
request
of
kheaa,
that
that
is
being
removed,
so
students
will
have
access
to
those
funds
for
a
longer
term,
unless
obviously
they
receive
a
scholarship
or
obtain
their
associate's
degree.
L
L
It's
a
growing
program
in
the
commonwealth
and
I'm
hoping
that
mr
colette
gets
an
opportunity
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
program
and
how
it
is
expanding,
because
I
think
it's
important
to
all
of
our
districts
in
providing
opportunities
for
students
with
special
needs,
and
basically
this
has
to
do
with
the
work
ready,
scholarship
and
students
are
in
who
are
in
the
comprehensive
transition
and
post-secondary
program
at
we
have.
I
think
four
colleges,
universities
right
now
that
are
participating
in
the
program
and
others
that
are
about
to
join
the
program.
L
Hopefully,
but
basically
the
students
that
come
out
of
high
school
that
have
been
through
having
a
have
a
alternate
diploma
that
senator
parrot
can
talk
about
in
just
a
moment
and
come
into
that
ctp
program.
They
have
access
to
to
work,
ready,
scholarship
as
part
of
their
program,
and
this
just
simply
adds
this
population
to
to
that.
The
ability
to
get
that
that
scholarship
and
understand
these
are
students
that
come
out
of
high
school.
L
They
go
into
college,
they
pay
their
way,
and
I
am
a
proud
father
of
a
student
that
is
going
to
be
graduating
from
murray
state
university.
This
may
that
has
gone
through
this
program
and
I
cannot
express
enough
the
value
of
that
program
and
the
difference
it's
made
in
her
life,
the
academic,
the
socialization
and
the
pride
that,
knowing
that
she
is
going
to
graduate
from
murray
state
university
and
for
me,
it's
personal,
to
see
this
program
grow
throughout
the
commonwealth.
To
allow
these
students
to
have
the
same
opportunities
that
are
typically
developing.
D
D
D
D
L
Mr
chairman,
if
we
might
just
take
a
moment,
mr
colette
can
explain
a
little
bit
about
this
program
and
the
the
growth
that
we're
beginning
to
see
in
the
program
and
how
the
human
development
institute
at
uk
is
overseeing
these
efforts.
Absolutely.
M
M
So
these
are
programs
that
have
been
through
an
approval
process
at
the
united
states
department
of
education
and
having
gone
through
that
approval
process
allows
institutions
of
higher
education
to
provide
access
to
federal
financial
aid.
So
these
were
created
by
the
higher
education
opportunity
act
back
in
2008
and
they're,
designed
to
provide
students
with
intellectual
disabilities
an
opportunity
to
continue
their
education
in
preparation
for
competitive,
integrated
employment
in
independent
living,
the
underrepresentation
of
students
with
intellectual
disabilities
in
higher
education.
M
I
think
we
all
know
is
a
long-standing
and
pervasive
issue,
not
only
in
our
state
but
across
the
country,
and
it's
one
that
represents,
we
think
economic
challenge
and
opportunity
for
our
state.
As
we
look
at
the
most
recent
data
that
we
have
available,
we
know
that
only
about
six
percent
of
students
with
intellectual
disabilities
who
exit
kentucky
high
schools
are
enrolled
in
a
college
or
university
in
the
year
following
their
exit.
M
So
the
university
of
kentucky
human
development
institute
has
been
the
statewide
technical
assistance
center
for
this
work
since
about
2010
and
the
dual
focus
of
our
work
is
to,
as
senator
carol
mentioned,
to
work,
to
enhance
current
programs
that
we
have
in
the
state,
but
also
work
with
interested
colleges
and
universities
to
establish
new
programs,
and
we
certainly
appreciate
the
general
assembly's
generous
support
of
this
work.
In
the
past
two
budgets,
there
are
currently
three
kentucky
schools,
but,
as
senator
carroll
said,
we've
got
more
coming
on.
We
think
with
active
ctps.
M
M
Today
and
since
2010,
those
programs
have
served
about
100
students
with
nearly
60
percent
of
those
students
completing
a
ctp
program.
So
pretty
maybe
an
interesting
comparison
might
be
to
look
at
the
six
year.
Graduation
rate,
at
four-year
public
universities
in
2019
and
20,
was
at
about
56
percent.
So
it
seems
like
students
who
engage
in
these
programs
persist
to
completion
of
the
program
at
a
at
a
comparable
rate.
So
I
think
that's
an
interesting
comparison.
M
Finally,
as
you
know,
the
general
assembly
took
a
similar
action
to
what
is
requested
in
senate
bill
94
in
2013
and
again
in
2016,
with
respect
to
the
keys
scholarship
and
this
population
of
students
enrolled
in
ctps
and,
if
I
might
add
just
in
closing
here,
having
had
something
of
a
360
view
of
disability,
education
and
employment
policy
at
the
local
state
and
federal
level.
M
I
just
have
to
say
you
know
from
a
personal
perspective,
how
proud
I
am
of
of
our
state's
work
and
and
these
gentlemen,
and
certainly
others
of
their
colleagues
in
the
general
assembly
and
removing
barriers
for
this
population
of
students
and
incredibly
excited
about
what
we'll
continue
to
do
in
the
commonwealth
of
kentucky
to
improve
their
academics,
their
employment
and
their
community
engagement.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
K
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
Our
guest
from
uk
touched
on
my
question.
As
I
read
the
committee
sub
last
night,
I
saw
comprehensive
transition.
Post-Secondary
programs
referenced
throughout
the
committee
sub,
so
I
I
looked
up.
The
only
existing
krs
that
that
I
saw
mentioned
is:
is
that
term
defined
somewhere?
How
will
our
students
know
actually
what
that
program
means?
And
the
second
part
of
my
question
is
on
that
same
line.
It
says:
affordable
access.
K
L
Well,
I
think
the
affordable
access
is
to
the
purpose
is
to
give
those
students
opportunities
to
all
the
funding
than
any
other
student
has,
and
you
know,
and
I'm
I'm
hopeful
at
murray
state
that
at
some
point
we
can
begin
a
scholarship
fund,
specifically
at
the
university
for
those
students
coming
through
johnny.
You
want
to
address
the
other
part
of
our
question.
M
L
And
this
program
was
once
referred
to
as
the
shep
program.
There
were
federal
dollars
that
came
in
and
we
ended
up
that
once
those
funds
left
the
three
universities
college
universities
that
still
have
the
program
continued
it
on
and
at
a
reduced
capacity
and
like
murray
state,
is
up
to
four
students.
Right
now-
and
I
know
last
week
my
daughter
and
my
wife
met
with
representatives
from
western,
and
I
think
they
are
very
interested
and
hopefully
they'll
get
their
program
started
soon.
C
Yes,
thank
you
all
for
bringing
this
today.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
vote
on
something
that
helps
the
youth
of
our
state,
and
so
it's
important
that
we
do
that.
My
question
and
it's
almost
completely
been
answered,
but
I
mentioned
three
institutions
that
were
currently
involved
in
this
program
and
I
was
just
wondering
what
the
other
one
was.
L
There
is
a
northern
murray
state,
bluegrass
community
technical,
and
then
we
have
several
that
are
considering
at
this
point
and
I'd.
I
think
it's
important
to
remember.
This
is
also
a
workforce
issue,
as
we
are
at
a
point
where
we
need
all
hands
on
board,
and
that
is
the
goal
of
this
program.
My
daughter
has
started
a
part-time
job.
The
problem
with
that
is,
she
spends
more
at
the
place
she
works
than
she
makes,
but
it
has
been
it'll
be
very
instrumental
in
that
area.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
think
you
just
answered
my
question
with
representative
carol
here
or
calloway,
but
as
a
father
of
also
a
special
needs
daughter,
I'm
I'm
very
anxious
to
see
this
program
go
and
and
whatever
I
can
do
to
help
I'm
there.
L
It's
it's
a
great
program
for
the
the
universities,
the
colleges
to
promote
it's
a
great
recruiting
tool
for
those
programs
and
in
another
aspect
of
it,
the
students
that
are
at
these
colleges
and
universities
that
are
studying
special
education
or
various
social
work,
whatever
their
degree
track
might
be,
they
actually
work
with
these
students.
There
are
girls
at
murray
state
that
are
in
these
programs
that
are,
with
her
throughout
the
day,
going
from
class
to
class
doing
social
events,
a
couple
of
them
have
come
become
like
part
of
our
family.
L
They
work
with
her
in
other
capacities,
so
there
is
so
much
value
to
this
at
so
many
different
levels
and
and
the
students
that
are
at
the
at
the
campuses
that
are
in
these
programs.
Their
programs
are
enriched
by
the
ability
to
work
hands-on
with
these
students
to
help
them
develop
through
their
college
career.
A
K
G
My
vote,
I'm
so
thrilled
to
vote
yes
for
this
bill.
Individuals
with
disabilities
can
be
an
integral
part
of
our
workforce.
G
Individuals
along
the
whole
spectrum
of
disabilities,
and
I
think
it
takes
initiative
sometimes
for
people
to
understand
you
know,
maybe
what
kind
of
accommodations
might
have
to
be
put
in
place
to
support
the
these
individuals,
but
you
know,
I
think
we
as
a
body
need
to
very
intentionally
support
individuals
with
disabilities
in
gaining
access
to
the
fork
to
the
workforce.
Thank
you.
L
F
A
A
Senator
carroll
is
going
to
remain
in
place
as
we
discuss
senate
bill
104
senator
if
you'd
like
to
go
ahead
and
begin
your
discussion
on
that.
L
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
senate
bill
104
also
addresses
those
with
disabilities
within
the
commonwealth
and
simply
what
this
does
is
codify
codify
the
employment
first
council
in
the
commonwealth,
and
this
council
was
first
established
in
2018
under
executive
order
from
then
governor
bevin,
it
was
picked
up
from
governor
beshear,
and
so
our
hope
now
is
to
codify
that,
and
basically
the
goal
and
the
purpose
of
this
council,
which
is
also
under
the
human
development
institute,
is
to
provide
employment
opportunities
for
for
those
with
disabilities
within
the
commonwealth,
and
our
hope
is
to
get
it,
get
it
codified
and
then,
in
sessions
to
come,
maybe
put
some
teeth
behind
their
efforts
and
and
further
those
efforts
again
into
expanding
our
workforce
and
allowing
this
population
to
to
become
a
larger
part
and
allow
them
opportunities
to
succeed.
M
Thank
you,
senator
carol,
I'll,
be
very
brief
and
happy
to
respond
to
any
other
questions
that
you
may
have,
but
employment
first
is
about
meaningful
wages.
It's
about
fair
wages
and
career
advancement,
kentucky's
employment.
First
policy,
you
may
remember,
grew
out
of
the
former
work
matters
task
force,
work
which
looked
at
improving
employment
outcomes
for
key
populations
which
included
people
with
disabilities,
so
employment
first
as
policy
in
the
commonwealth
and
the
employment
first
council,
as
senator
carroll,
said,
have
been
designated
through
two
consecutive
executive
orders,
2010
or
18
and
2020..
M
You
may
be
interested
to
know
that
there
are
currently
23
states
with
employment.
First
legislation,
including
our
neighbors
in
illinois,
indiana,
ohio,
west
virginia
and
virginia
some
of
our
other
neighbors
tennessee
and
missouri
have
an
employment
first
executive
order
like
we
do
currently
so
last
summer,
the
employment
first
council
reviewed
legislation
from
other
states
and
then
developed
and
then
later
shared
a
list
of
recommendations
regarding
potential
legislation
in
kentucky,
and
the
council
appreciate
senator
carroll,
including
many
of
those
recommendations
here.
M
So
while
the
employment
first
executive
orders,
we
believe,
were
significant
steps
forward
in
realizing
a
truly
inclusive
workforce.
In
kentucky
to
strengthening
our
economy
and
to
improving
the
quality
of
life
for
citizens
with
disabilities,
the
employment
for
first
council
believes
that
send
bill.
104
represents
a
more
efficient
and
more
sustainable
way
forward
in
terms
of
increasing
meaningful
employment
opportunities
for
kentucky
citizens
with
disabilities.
Thank
you.
A
A
All
right
do
we
have
any
questions
for
senator
carroll.
Seeing
no
question
sasha,
please
call
the
roll.
G
C
B
E
E
C
C
A
L
L
It
was
beginning
to
pick
up
steam
before
covet
head
and
it's
just
a
great
experience
to
have
these
students
on
the
senate
floor
and
we
will
be
more
than
happy
staff
in
the
senate
to
help
you
all
get.
It
set
up.
It's
a
model
program
in
the
country
and
our
clerk
has
been
contacted
by
other
legislatures
asking
about
it,
and
we
hope
that
the
house
will
consider
that
at
some
point
soon.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
members
of
the
committee.