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Senate education committee debates H.480 language setting timing for secretary of education search
Summary
The Senate Education Committee on April 11 questioned H.480 language that would require the State Board of Education to 'begin' a national search within a fixed timeframe after public notification, hearing from State Board Chair Jennifer Dech Samuelson about how the board conducted the prior search and about practical limits to a 60‑day clock.
Senate Education Committee members on April 11 reviewed language in H.480 that would require the State Board of Education to begin a national search for a new secretary of education within a set time after public notification, and they heard from Jennifer Dech Samuelson, chair of the State Board of Education, on how the board conducted its last search.
Samuelson described the board's prior process as deliberate and consultative and cautioned that the bill's enforcement language — particularly the words “shall begin” and a 60‑day trigger — could produce impractical deadlines. "The State Board of Ed is kind of like a barge. We don't pivot quickly," Samuelson said, recounting steps her committee took in the last search.
The discussion matters because H.480 would change the…
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