Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Amendment (2016)
| Superintendent of Public Instruction Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Education | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Wyoming as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
The measure would have eliminated the state superintendent of public instruction and assigned public education oversight to the governor.[1]
Background
The superintendent’s respective powers and duties were a topic of debate amongst the Wyoming Legislature, Governor Matt Mead (R) and the state's former superintendent, Cindy Hill (R). In 2013, Governor Mead and the legislature enacted a law removing the superintendent as head of the Wyoming Education Department. The Wyoming Supreme Court, however, ruled that removing such powers from the superintendent was unconstitutional.[2]
Media editorials
Support
- Casper Star-Tribune said, "It's time to make sure the person leading the charge to improve Wyoming is a good, qualified fit. Let's amend the state Constitution to make sure our children don't pay the price for poor choices at the ballot box."[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Wyoming Constitution
A two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Wyoming State Legislature is required to refer the amendment to the ballot.
The Wyoming Legislature's 2015 session ended on March 6, 2015, without the bill passing both chambers.[4] Legislators had the opportunity to reintroduce the bill again during the 2016 legislative session, and the measure was not referred to the ballot as of the end of the session on March 4, 2016.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ San Francisco Gate, "Proposal seeks to eliminate Wyo. schools chief," February 12, 2014
- ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "Editorial board: Amend state Constitution, make schools chief an appointed position," February 23, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Casper Star-Tribune, "Wyoming should allow UW trustees from out of state," January 10, 2014
- ↑ ‘’Wyoming Tribune Eagle’’, “Wyoming lawmakers talk pros, cons of 2015 legislative session,” March 6, 2015
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