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State school board forms three‑member subcommittee to start RFP for commissioner search
Summary
At a Sept. 25 special meeting the Kansas State Board of Education voted to form a three‑member subcommittee to begin the Department of Administration RFP process for hiring a search firm to assist with selecting a new commissioner after Dr. Watson’s retirement.
The Kansas State Board of Education on Sept. 25 voted to form a three‑member subcommittee to begin the state RFP process through the Department of Administration so the board can consider hiring an executive search firm to guide the selection of a new commissioner of education following Dr. Watson’s retirement announcement.
Board Chair Kathy Hopkins (District 5) opened the meeting and said the session’s purpose was the start of the search process. Hopkins nominated herself, Vice Chair Danny Zek and Board Member Michelle Dombrowski as the three members of the temporary subcommittee; the full board voted to approve the subcommittee.
Board members broadly said they favored using an executive search firm to conduct a broad and fair recruitment, but several members stressed the board must set clear priorities and retain final decision authority. "The money that we will spend to hire that firm is going to be critical to making sure that we have a…
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