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Sponsor urges constitutional change to let governor appoint state superintendent; committee hears mixed views
Summary
Representative Schutte presented House Joint Resolution E, which would allow the governor to appoint the state superintendent. Committee members debated whether appointment would improve accountability or increase partisan swings; several organizations registered opposition on the record.
Representative Schutte testified in support of House Joint Resolution E, proposing a constitutional change to allow the governor to appoint the state superintendent. "This resolution... allows for the governor to appoint the state superintendent," Schutte said, arguing Michigan's education outcomes warrant a change and that appointment by the governor would improve accountability. He said Michigan is "one of the only states that has a so called independent head of its education department," and he called for restoring…
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