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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans who are frustrated with Democratic state schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz are moving forward with legislation that would shift influence over education policy away from her.
Ritz's supporters in the Legislature protest that Republicans are disenfranchising voters who in 2012 elected Ritz. But they have slim prospects of blocking the moves.
Republican lawmakers want to change state law so the superintendent would no longer automatically be the State Board of Education's chairman. Another proposal would transfer control of areas such as teacher evaluations, testing and student data from the education department to the board, which is dominated by GOP Gov. Mike Pence's appointees.
Those backing the changes say Ritz is blocking education programs that the Legislature expects the Board of Education to oversee.
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