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Beshear Elected Chairman Of Education Group

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear
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Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has been elected chairman of the 80-member Atlanta-based Southern Regional Education Board. The board says Beshear will work with governors, lawmakers and state education leaders to improve public education student achievement. He succeeds Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal for a one-year term. Beshear was elected during the SREB's annual meeting in New Orleans last week.