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Utah State Board appoints Dr. Molly Hart as state superintendent
Summary
After interviews with finalists and an executive session, the Utah State Board of Education voted to appoint Dr. Molly Hart as state superintendent; the motion passed 12–2 with two members opposed.
The Utah State Board of Education on the evening of its special meeting voted to appoint Dr. Molly Hart as the state superintendent of public instruction, following finalist interviews and an executive session.
The vote carried 12 in favor and 2 opposed; the two members recorded in opposition were Member Boggess and Member Green. The board moved into executive session earlier in the meeting to discuss “the character or professional competence” of candidates, pending or reasonably imminent litigation, and matters related to security personnel and systems before returning to open session and taking the appointment vote.
Dr. Molly Hart, who has served on the State Board of Education and leads Summit Academy charter schools, told the board during her interview that she is “ready to serve the board” and “open doors of opportunity for all Utah’s children.” In closing remarks after the interviews, Hart said, “I would be absolutely honored to serve as the next superintendent of Utah schools.”
Hart summarized her experience to board members during the interview: more than two decades in Utah education, prior roles as assistant principal and principal at multiple grade levels, work in district school redesign and one-to-one technology rollouts, and recent leadership of Summit Academy, which serves about 2,700 students. She also said she served on the State Board’s finance and law and licensing committees and chaired its audit committee.
Board members conducted 90-minute interviews with each finalist and allowed limited follow-up questions during the public, on-record sessions. After the interviews the board briefly recessed to set up the executive session described earlier, then resumed in public to complete its business and hold the appointment vote. The motion to appoint Dr. Hart was read into the record during open session; the meeting then recorded the tally and the names of the two members who opposed the appointment.
The board did not, in the public record of the meeting, state an effective start date for Hart’s appointment.
