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- Introduced by Sen. Rodney Tom (D) on January 28, 2011, to change the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction from a statewide elected office to a governor appointed executive branch agency, which would be subject to senate approval. The act takes effect January 13, 2012, if the proposed amendments to Article III of the state Constitution, eliminating the superintendent of public instruction as a statewide elected official, is approved by the voters at the next general election. (See also SJR 8212).
- Referred to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on January 28, 2011.
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1) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 5522 (Changing the office of the superintendent of public instruction to an executive branch agency) by crazypolitics4U on February 15, 2011VOTE NO!!!
Currently the superintendent of public instruction is elected by "we the people," which provides some accountability. Creating yet another agency accountable only to the governor is unacceptable. Public education needs overhauling, but re-organizing or re-shuffling only creates chaos and doesn't solve the basic problem, which is poor academic education being providing to our state's children who have no other choice but to be forced to attend public indoctrination schools.
I love this quote: We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. Gaius Petronius Arbiter, First Century
Introduced in the Senate on January 28, 2011
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