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Tim Pugmire

Pawlenty on tour

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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