About Us/Contact Information

Kentucky Adult Education
Council on Postsecondary Education
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 250
Frankfort, KY 40601

502/573-5114 V/TTY or
800/928-7323 V/TTY
FAX:  502/573-5436

For questions, problems or comments related to this Web site, please contact Toni Quire (toni.quire@ky.gov).

A 1998 task force concluded that adult illiteracy was “a fundamental barrier to every major challenge facing the state” – from education reform and economic development to its citizens’ basic health and well-being.

Recognizing the hindrance that an undereducated workforce has been on the state’s economy, Kentucky’s leaders moved aggressively to make adult education a top priority.

The Kentucky Adult Education Act passed by the 2000 General Assembly created a partnership with the Council on Postsecondary Education, increased funding and set the stage for dramatic improvements in the educational status of adult Kentuckians who lack a high school diploma, function at low levels of literacy or want to learn English.

Enrollment in Kentucky Adult Education is at an all-time high and, more important, students are succeeding.  They’re getting their GEDs, they’re moving on to postsecondary education, they’re getting jobs, and they’re advancing in their careers.

For the best examples of our successes, take a few minutes to read about the students featured at the top of each of our Web pages – these are real Kentuckians who are achieving self-sufficiency and their life goals through education.