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(502) 564-8100, ext. 797 |
| Number |
Committee |
Title (Year) |
| 395 (522KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Tracking Teacher Shortages: Trends And Continuing Questions |
| 394 (526KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Kentucky’s Boards, Commissions, and Similar Entities |
| 393 (641KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Appropriate Identification and Service of Students With Disabilities: Special Education Eligibility, Funding, and Personnel Training (2011) |
| 392 (4.7MB) | Office of Education Accountability | Kentucky District Data Profiles School Year 2011 |
| 391 (285KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Highly Skilled Educator Program Follow-up Report |
| 390 (702KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Air Service at Kentucky's Commercial Airports |
| 389 (517KB) | Office of Education Accountability | 2011 School Finance Report |
| 388 (321KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Reporting Total Revenue: On-behalf Payments and Local Activity Funds |
| 387 (550KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Compendium of State Education Rankings 2011 |
| 386 (561KB) | Office of Education Accountability | A Study of the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship |
| 385 (4MB) | Office of Education Accountability | Kentucky State Testing for Education Accountability: An Examination of Security-related Threats to Making Valid Inferences and Suggested Best Practices |
| 384 (348KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Kentucky Community and Technical College System: Marketing, Lobbying, and Administration Expenses |
| 383 (1MB) | Program Review and Investigations | 911 Services and Funding: Accountability and Financial Information Should Be Improved |
| 382 (3.5MB) | Office of Education Accountability | Kentucky District Data Profiles School Year 2010 |
| 381 (4.8MB) | LRC Staff | Certification and Escrow Requirements Associated With the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement |
| 380 (265KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Compendium of State Education Rankings (2010) |
| 379 (520KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Review of Teacher Evaluation and Compensation |
| 378 (605KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Assistance to Low-achieving Schools and Districts: Strengths, Limitations, and Continuing Challenges |
| 377 (371KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Analysis of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Kentucky Districts |
| 376 (600KB) | Office of Education Accountability | School Districts' Fund Balance Study |
| 375 (1MB) | Program Review and Investigations | Workforce Development Options Targeted to Older Kentuckians Are Limited |
| 374 (2MB) | Program Review and Investigations | School Health Services for Students With Chronic Health Conditions |
| 373 (650KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Cost of Incarcerating Adult Felons (2009) |
| 372 (542 KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Kentucky High School Athletic Association |
| 371 (1,146KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Leadership Training for Superintendents, School Board Members, Principals, and School-based Decision Making Council Members |
| 370 (238KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Compendium of State Education Rankings (2009) |
| 369 Part 1 (796KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Mathematics Study Part 1: Assessment and Course Taking |
| 369 Part 2 (619KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Mathematics Study Part 2: Educator Preparation and Teacher Quality |
| 369 Part 3 (610KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Mathematics Study Part 3: Achievement in Kentucky Schools, Successful Practices, and Continuing Challenges |
| 368 (5.9MB) | Office of Education Accountability | Kentucky District Data Profiles (2009) |
| 367 (1,161KB) | Program Review and Investigations | A Review of the Kentucky Agency for Substance Abuse Policy and the Office of Drug Control Policy |
| 366 (878KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Education Professional Standards Board (2009) |
| 365 (874KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Housing Foreclosures in Kentucky (2009) |
| 364 (286KB) | Subcommittee on the Penal Code and Controlled Substances Act | Report of the Subcommittee on the Penal Code and Controlled Substances Act (2009) |
| 363 (802KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Review of Education Technology Initiatives (2009) |
| 362 (1,716KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Compendium of State Education Rankings (2008) |
| 361 (668KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Fees, Dues, and Supplies in Kentucky Schools (2009) |
| 360 (7,477KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Kentucky District Data Profiles School Year 2007-2008 |
| 359 (1,590KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Costs of Providing Services to Unauthorized Aliens Can Be Estimated for Some Programs, but Overall Costs and Benefits Are Unknown (2009) |
| 358 (1,126KB) | Office of Education Accountability | Review of Special Education in Kentucky |
| 357 (764 KB) | Program Review and Investigations | Reentry Programs for Felons Should Be Improved and Outcome Measures Should Be Developed (2008) |
| 356 (539 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | The Costs of College and High School Textbooks in Kentucky (2008) |
355 (7.60 MB) |
Office of Education Accountability | Kentucky
District Data Profiles (2008) |
354 (616 KB) |
Office of Education Accountability | Understanding
How Tax Provisions Interact With the SEEK Formula (2007) |
353 (1 MB) |
Office of Education Accountability | A
Review of the Extended School Services Program (2008) |
352 (740 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Investment
Rates of Return, Governance, and Policies of the |
| 351 (28 MB) | Program Review and Investigations | Medicaid Prescription Drug Benefit Fraud, Abuse, and Cost Management (2007) |
| 350 (1.7 MB) | Program Review and Investigations | Kentucky Housing Corporation |
349 (374 KB) |
Office of Education Accountability | 2007 School Finance Report (2008) |
137 |
LRC Staff | A
Citizen's Guide to the |
348 (1.22 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Siting of Electric Transmission Lines (2007) |
347 (766 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | School Insurance (2007) |
346 (13 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Drug Courts (2007) |
345 (1.03 MB) |
Office of Education Accountability | A Compendium of State Education Rankings (2007) |
344 (623 KB) |
Office of Education Accountability | A Review of the Flexible Focus Fund Program (2007) |
343 (1.15 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Pollution
Cap and Trade Programs in |
342 (6.14 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
341 (1.28 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Planning for School Facilities Can Be Improved to Better Serve the Needs of All Students (2007) |
340 (2.20 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
339 (3.24 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Highly Skilled Educator Program (2007) |
338 (769 KB) |
Office of Education Accountability | Indicators of Efficiency and Effectiveness in Elementary and Secondary Education Spending (2006) |
337 (3.70 MB) |
LRC Staff | A Study of Anesthesiologist Assistants (2007) |
336 (1.09 MB) |
Office of Education Accountability | 2006 School Finance Report (2006) |
335 (1.15 MB) |
Office of Education Accountability | 2005 School Finance Report (2006) |
334 (1.04 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | School
Size and Student Outcomes in |
333 (1,139 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Information Systems Can Help Prevent, but Not Eliminate, Health Care Fraud and Abuse (2006) |
332 (9.08 MB) |
Office of Education Accountability | A
Review of the School Facilities Construction Commission (2006) |
331 (593 KB) |
LRC Staff | A Study of Physician Assistant Licensure (2005) |
330 (1.09 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Implications
of the |
329 (620 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Planning
for Water Projects in |
328 (850 KB) |
Office of Education Accountability | An Analysis of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (2005) |
327 (848 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
326 (5.16 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Improved Coordination and Information Could Reduce the Backlog of Unserved Warrants (2005) |
325 (840 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Offshore
Outsourcing of |
324 (2.28 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Appropriate Management and Technology Can Reduce Costs and Risks of Computer Use by State Employees (2004) |
323 (684 KB) |
LRC Staff | A Study Expanding Prescriptive Authority for Controlled Substances to Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (2004 HB 595) (2004) |
322 (8.85 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Uncollected
Revenues and Improper Payments Cost |
321 (275 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Improving
Fiscal Accountability and Effectiveness of Services in the |
320 (0.97 MB) |
LRC Staff | Feasibility
of Establishing a |
319 (662 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Human Service Transportation Delivery: System Faces Quality, Coordination, and Utilization Challenges (2004) |
318 (13.7 MB) |
LRC Staff | The
Competitiveness of |
| Link (3.4 MB) | Transportation | Comprehensive Management Review of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet prepared by the Dye Management Group, Inc. for LRC (2003) |
317 (795 KB) |
Education | A Study
of the |
316 (592 KB) |
LRC Staff | Compulsive
Gambling in |
315 (468 KB) |
Education | A Study of Secondary Career and Technical Education (2003) |
314 (196 KB) |
LRC Staff | Task
Force on |
313 (263 KB) |
LRC Staff | Improving
|
312 (819 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | The Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (2003) |
311 (4.40 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Postsecondary
Education in |
310 (3.20 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | The SEEK Formula for Funding Kentucky’s |
309 (939 KB) |
LRC Staff | Feasibility
of Establishing a |
308 (533 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | East
and |
307 (285 KB) |
Appropiations and Revenue | Tax
and Related Incentives for |
306 (201 MB) |
Education | Compensation
and Benefits of |
305 (912 KB) |
LRC Staff | Immigration
in |
304 (1.32 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | An
Analysis of |
303 (1.64 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Executive Branch Contracting for Services: Inconsistent Procedures Limit Accountability and Efficiency (2001) |
302 (846 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Performance-Based Budgeting: Concepts and Examples (2001) |
301 (188 KB) |
LRC Staff | Tobacco Contracting in Burley Tobacco (2001) |
300 (974 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Impact Plus (2001) |
299 (266 KB) |
LRC Staff | Restructuring
|
298 (1.42 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Progress Report on Coordinated Human Service Transportation System (2000) |
297 (104 KB) |
Education | Teacher
Quality Issues in |
296 (0.98 KB) |
Education | Adult
Education and Literacy in |
295 (144 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Personnel Pilot Projects: Design Weakness Limits Effectiveness (1999) |
294 (398 KB) |
Staff Economist | An
Economic Analysis of the Southern Dairy Compact: Implications for |
293 (296 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
292 (219 KB) |
LRC Staff | A Study of Denturitry (2000) |
291 (104 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Kentucky Housing Corporation Allocation of Federal Homeless Grant Money (2000) |
290 (217 KB) |
Staff Economist | Status
of the Health Insurance Market in |
289 (235 KB) |
LRC Staff | Genetic
Testing in Health, Life, and Disability Insurance in |
288 (88.9 KB) |
LRC Staff | Evaluating
Container Deposit Legislation for |
287 (213 KB) |
State Goverment | Video Conferencing and the Kentucky General Assembly( 1998 SR 176) (1999) |
286 (691 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Health
Insurance Market for |
285 (545 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | State Agency Service Contract Administration (1999) |
284 (157 KB) |
LRC Staff | Report of the DPTS/911 Task Force (1999) |
283 (281 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Review
of the |
282 (63.8 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Motor Vehicle Registration Abuse (1999) |
281 (164 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
280 (12.6 MB) |
LRC Staff | Final Report of the Task Force on Children in Placement : The Challenge of 1996 Senate Concurrent Resolution 107(1998) |
279 (283 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Division of Licensing and Regulation, Cabinet for Human Resources, Office of Inspector General (1997) |
278 (8.16 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | State
Park |
277 (6.68 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Department for Social Insurance Eligibility Determination Process (1996) |
276 (9.48 MB) |
LRC Staff | Preliminary Report of the Task Force on Children in Placement: The Challenge of 1996 Senate Concurrent Resolution 107 (1996) |
275 (7.43 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Cabinet for Human Resources Family Service Workers' Caseloads (1996) |
274 (195 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
273 (12.53 MB) |
LRC Staff | Families First: Empowering Kentucky`s People and Communities.Report of the 1994-95 Commission on Poverty (1996) |
271 (226 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
270 (153 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
269 (231 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
268 (122 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
267 (2.67 MB) |
LRC Staff | Alternative Uses for State Prison Farm Properties (1994) |
264 (6.09 MB) |
Labor and Industry | A
Study of Temporary and Part-Time Employment in |
263 (7.03 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Out-Of-Home
Child Care in |
262 (5.78 MB) |
LRC Staff | Labor Force Statistics: A Review and Analysis (1993) |
261 (1.89 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Kentucky
Department for the Blind Site Acquisition for |
258 (4.20 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report
of the Task Force to |
257 (9.53 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
256 (9.06 MB) |
LRC Staff | Federal
Acid Rain Legislation: Its Effect on |
254 (25.6 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report
of the Commission on |
252 (6.51 MB) |
LRC Staff | Initial
Report: The Impact of Reductions in Defense Spending on the |
250 (15.5MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | State Purchasing Policies and Practices (1989) |
249 (2.43 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
248 (11.8 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | The
Weatherization Assistance Program and Other Energy Conservation Efforts in |
246 (7.55 MB) |
LRC Staff | Restrictions
on Outdoor Advertising Devices in Rural |
245 (6.39 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
244 (7.56 MB) |
LRC Staff | Utilization
of Wood Waste in |
243 (10.1 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
242 (8.77 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report
of the |
240 (3.33 MB) |
LRC Staff | Final Report of the Special Commission on Election Reform (1988) |
239 (3.16 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
235 (2.48 MB) |
Education Committee | Long-Term Care for Retired Teachers (1988) |
234 (10.7 MB) |
Health & Welfare | Services
to Adults with Mental Retardation in |
232 (16.2 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report
of the |
228 (6.10 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
227 (6.61 MB) |
Capital Projects | Space
Needs of State Government in |
226 (12.4 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report of the Special Commission on Constitutional Review (1987) |
223 (9.43 MB) |
Health & Welfare | Report of the Commission of Financing Health Care for the Medically Indigent (1986) |
222 (11.7 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Higher
Education in |
221 (7.29 MB) |
LRC Staff | Final
Report of the |
219 (2.53 MB) |
Transportation | Motor Vehicle Licensing: A Review of Inventory and Audit Procedures (1985) |
217 (4.14 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Cabinet for Human Resources Reimbursement to Private Child Care Agencies (1985) |
216 (8.71 MB) |
LRC Staff | A
Study of The Feasibility of Establishing a Community College in |
215 (2.62 MB) |
LRC Staff | Final Report of the Special Jail Study Committee (1984) |
212 (7.70 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
211 (13.3 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report
of the 1982-83 |
205 (5.75 MB) |
Education | Role
and |
202 (5.87 MB) |
LRC Staff | Feasibility
Study for a |
201 (2.48 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | The Crippled Children's Services Program (1983) |
199 (11.6 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | University Affiliated and Non-Affiliated Corporations (1983) |
198 (9.24 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Small Operators Technical Assistance Program (SOTAP) (1983) |
196 (8.61 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Board of Barbering and Board of Hairdressers and Cosmetologists (1983) |
194 (7.91 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Commonwealth Cash Management (1982) |
193 (3.70 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Computer Services Contracts (1982) |
192 (10.4 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report of the Special Advisory Committee on Nuclear Issues (1980-81 Interim) |
190 (6.23 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report of the Special Solar Energy Advisory Committee (1981) |
189 (4.06 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Laws
and Regulations Affecting |
188 (5.20 MB) |
Energy | |
186 (7.21 MB) |
Local Government | Elevated Housing: Flood Protection Through Raising Existing Structures (1981) |
184 (7.33 MB) |
LRC Staff | The
Feasibility of Air Ambulance Service in |
182 (4.19 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Real Property Lease Procedures of the Commonwealth (1981) |
181 (3.21 MB) |
Transportation | Rail
Transportation Programs in |
180 (4.74 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Bonded
Indebtedness in |
179 (8.05 MB) |
Natural Resources | The Measurement of Air Quality in the Commonwealth (1981) |
178 (4.70 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
177 (3.56 MB) |
Education | School Accreditation Requirements vs. Financial Support (1981) |
176 (5.33 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Coal Trucks and the Law: Statutes,Regulations and Policies Affecting Truck Transportation of Coal in Kentucky (1981) |
175 (10.2 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
174 (9.75 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | |
173 (3.83 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Travel by State Government Employees (1980) |
172 (6.52 MB) |
LRC Staff | The
Fiscal Impact of the |
170 (491 KB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Program Review: Real Estate Education, Research and Recovery Fund (1980) |
169 (5.59 MB) |
Program Review and Investigations | Program
Evaluation: |
168 (6.08 MB) |
Transportation | Highway
Maintenance in |
167 (6.03 MB) |
LRC Staff | Report of the Special Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste Disposal (1979 Supplement) (1980) |
166 (5.83 MB) |
Licensing & Occupations | A Review of the Need for State Licensure of Electrical Occupations (1979) |
163 (8.24 MB) |
LRC Staff | The
|
161 (2.15 MB) |
Education | A Plan to Provide Professional Education And Services to Underserved Areas of the State (1979) |
158 (5.42 MB) |
State Government | |
157 (3.07 MB) |
LRC Staff | Scientific and Technical Information for the Kentucky General Assembly: Final Report (1979) |
152 (2.12 MB) |
LRC Staff | Feasibility of Senior Citizens Discount (1979) |
151 (3.01 MB) |
Energy | The
Feasibility of a |
150 (3.10MB) |
LRC Staff | Hunter Safety Education (1978) |
149 (1.04 MB) |
LRC Staff | Urban Abandonment and Property Tax Delinquency (1978) |
147 (4.40 MB) |
LRC Staff | Regulation
of the Building Industry in |
146 (10 MB) |
Health & Welfare | Nursing
Homes in |
139 (4.83 MB) |
LRC Staff | Driver
Licensing in |
136 (11.1 MB) |
LRC Staff | Rising Electricity Rates: Current Issues (1977) |
135 (2.90 MB) |
Transportation | Financing of Mass Transportation Operations (1977) |
133 (6.20 MB) |
LRC Staff | Physician
Manpower in |
132 (2.26 MB) |
LRC Staff | |
116 (2.60 MB) |
LRC Staff | Mechanized Vote Recording: A Survey (1975) |
112 (2.24 MB) |
LRC Staff | Society's Stepchildren: The Mentally Retarded (1974) |
104 (3.44 MB) |
LRC Staff | Social Security and the Teacher (1974) |
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