Pawlenty on tour

Posted at 5:48 PM on July 8, 2009 by Tim Nelson

Governor Tim Pawlenty's travels continue tomorrow, with an appearance at the Education Commission of the States conference in Nashville.

Much of the agenda looks tailor-made for the retiring governor. (He is the chair of the organization, after all.) But he's on the list only for a rather generic sounding session with Jeb Bush, the former Republican governor of Florida, and Phil Bredesen, the incumbent Democrat running Tennesee. Here's the pitch:

Governors respond to challenges in meeting workforce needs including: retooling workers through increased access to training, validating skills and credentials; policies that attract and support globally competitive, state-led regional economies; leveraging and aligning federal programs to maximize impact and minimize duplication; and the role of K-12 in the states economy

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