The Senate has passed its version of a bill to change the makeup of the State Board of Education.
Senate Bill 1 allows the members of the State Board of Education to select a board chair from within their ranks.
Right now, the state superintendent automatically assumes that position. But the General Assembly has taken it upon themselves to change this following months of strained relations among the board, current superintendent Glenda Ritz and Governor Mike Pence.
This bill would also allow state legislators to appoint some members of the state board, instead of giving all of that authority to the governor, as is tradition.
But Governor Pence doesn’t like the idea.
"I am not enthusiastic about proposals that would change my ability to appoint members of the State Board of Education," Pence says.
The bill now crosses over to the House, which approved a similar measure last week.
