Sentences with phrase «elected state superintendent»

She was elected state superintendent of education in 2014.

Since he was first elected state superintendent in 2009, Evers has asked Walker and the Legislature four times to significantly increase funding for schools, by raising state - imposed revenue limits and changing the equalized aid formula to account for districts with high poverty, declining enrollment and rural issues.

• Empower county superintendents to enforce accountability rules, make the independently elected state superintendent of public instruction a sort of «inspector general» for school quality, place state education policy under the governor, and make the state board of education advisory to the governor.

Dr. June St. Clair Atkinson (NC EPFP) was the first woman elected state superintendent of public schools in North Carolina and served in this position from 2005 to 2016.

A group of 12 plaintiffs, including Glenda Ritz, the newly elected state superintendent of public instruction, claim the vouchers violate three sections of the Indiana Constitution and say the program must be canceled.

Washington voters elected him state superintendent of public schools.

In December 2010, Jennifer was appointed Transition Team Director and Policy Advisor for Tom Torlakson, the newly - elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Wisconsin educators hope the new year will bring resolution to a yearlong drama about who will have the starring role in shaping school policy: the governor or the elected state superintendent.

Two states, Indiana and Montana, elect their state superintendents, and in...

The bill would have given the elected state superintendent executive control of the state education department, with power to set its budget and policy.

In a previous version of this story, one of the two states mentioned that elects its state superintendent was misidentified.

The measure, which does not require the signature of Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, rescinds a 37 - year - old state board rule granting authority over federal education aid to the state department of education, currently headed by Democrat Marilyn Howard, the elected state superintendent.

In the 1980s CAP became the victim of a political dispute between Republican governor George Deukmeijian and the elected state superintendent of education, Bill Honig, a Democrat.

Wisconsin is the only state with an elected state superintendent and no state board of education.

In 2010 Jerry Brown was elected governor in 2010, Tom Torlakson was elected State Superintendent, and a new State Board of Education was appointed by Brown under the leadership of Michael Kirst.

«The state constitution clearly requires that the elected state superintendent establish educational policies,» WEAC President Mary Bell, a plaintiff in the suit, said in a statement.

Because the stakes are so high, the education department is under intense scrutiny, especially from conservative supporters of school choice programs and those who have previously challenged the authority of Wisconsin's elected state superintendent.