Interview with Ferrell Wellman, September 2, 2021
Project: Ferrell Wellman Oral History Project
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Ferrell Wellman, a member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame and the Kentucky Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, discusses passage of the Kentucky Education Reform Act by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1990.Interview Accession
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Kentucky General Assembly Kentucky legislature Governor Wallace G. Wilkinson Bert T. Combs Debra Dawahare Ray Corns House Bill 940 Kenny Rapier Don Blandford Roger Noe Joe Clarke Mike Moloney Separation of Powers doctrine William Scent Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Kentucky PTA Kentucky Education Association Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Kentucky School Boards Association Kentucky Department of Education Kentucky Association of School Superintendents Kentucky Association of School Administrators Greg Stumbo South Carolina school reform Minimum Foundation Program tax increase William Strong Pete Worthington Helen Garrett Nelson Allen statewide focus group meetings Kentucky Supreme Court David L. Williams John "Eck" Rose Jack Foster special interests Lexington Herald-Leader articles "Cheating Our Children" Pat Freibert Harry Moberly Joe Barrows Marshall Long House floor debate Lawson Walker Jefferson County schools northern Kentucky schools pork barrel projects retaliation against HB 940 dissentersInterview Rights
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Wellman, Ferrell Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 02 Sep. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wellman, F. (2021, September 02). Interview by J. Suchanek. Ferrell Wellman Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Wellman, Ferrell, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. September 02, 2021, Ferrell Wellman Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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