Mission
KENTUCKY VALLEY EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE, (KVEC), IS A PRIVATE NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVE UNDER THE IRS CODE SECTION 501(C) (3). KVEC IS ONE OF EIGHT EDUCATION COOPERATIVES IN KENTUCKY CONSISTING OF 26 MEMBER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE COOPERATIVE SERVES WELL OVER 54,000 STUDENTS AND MORE THAN 3,000 EDUCATORS. HOUSING A COMPREHENSIVE SPECIAL NEEDS COOPERATIVE, THE STATES LARGEST NON-URBAN READING RECOVERY PROGRAM AND AN ARRAY OF CONTENT SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES. THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF KVEC IS TO SERVE THE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BREATHITT, CARTER, FLOYD, JOHNSON, PERRY, KNOTT, LEE, LESLIE, LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, MENIFEE, MORGAN, ROBERTSON, OWSLEY, PIKE, WOLFE, MARTIN, AND LAWRENCE. ADDITIONALLY, JACKSON INDEPENDENT, JENKINS INDEPENDENT, MIDDLESBORO INDEPENDENT, PIKEVILLE INDEPENDENT, PAINTSVILLE INDEPENDENT, ASHLAND INDEPENDENT, HARLAN INDEPENDENT AND HAZARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.