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Kelly Educational Staffing to Now Provide Substitute Teachers to All 22 Schools in the Provo School District SALT LAKE CITY, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kelly Educational Staffing, a service line of staffing provider Kelly Services, today announced it will now provide substitute teachers to all 22 schools in the Provo School District. This follows a successful pilot of Kelly's substitute teacher program in six of the district's schools earlier this year. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991208/KELLYLOGO ) "We are very pleased with the success of the pilot program between Kelly Educational Staffing and the Provo School District and delighted to extend the contract to include the remainder of our schools," said Randy Merrill, superintendent for the Provo School District. "Kelly's expertise in recruiting and scheduling quality substitute teachers has been invaluable in providing qualified substitute teachers in the classroom." Kelly Educational Staffing currently serves more than 1,700 schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. Kelly launched its educational staffing program in 1999. Standard features of Kelly Educational Staffing include recruiting, screening, orientation/training, scheduling, quality control and retention of substitute teachers. Kelly assumes all employer obligations related to a school's substitute teacher program, including payroll taxes, worker's compensation and unemployment compensation. Substitute teachers from Kelly meet state and local certification requirements for any K-12 teaching situation in a public or private school. To attract and retain quality substitute teachers, Kelly goes beyond paying the prevailing wage in the school or district by providing weekly pay, direct payroll deposit, free software training, vacation/holiday bonus pay, and access to health benefits and a 401(k) program. An orientation/training session and comprehensive grade-appropriate handbooks developed for Kelly by The Substitute Teaching Institute at Utah State University help prepare Kelly teachers for the classroom. Continual surveys of permanent teachers and administrators at schools with Kelly Educational Staffing indicate a 99 percent rate of satisfaction with the performance of Kelly substitute teachers. Visit http://www.kellyeducationalstaffing.com/ . About Kelly Services Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:KELYANASDAQ:KELYB) is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Troy, Mich., offering staffing solutions that include temporary services, staff leasing, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement. Kelly serves 200,000 customers through 2,500 company owned and operated offices in 26 countries. Kelly provides employment for nearly 700,000 employees annually, with skills including office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law, science, marketing, light industrial, education, health care and home care. Revenue in 2003 was $4.3 billion. Visit http://www.kellyservices.com/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991208/KELLYLOGO DATASOURCE: Kelly Services, Inc. CONTACT: Joni Prokopis of Kelly Educational Staffing, +1-801-262-2252 Web site: http://www.kellyservices.com/ http://www.kellyeducationalstaffing.com/

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