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Georgia governor removes veteran members of district’s board, but is temporarily barred from naming replacements

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has announced that he is removing all six incumbent members of the DeKalb School Board.

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Tennessee court rules state athletic association is subject to state open records law

According to an Associated Press article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman has ruled that the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is subject to the state’s Open Records Act.

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Iowa judge orders board members to jail for failing to reinstate high school principal

As reported in the Quad City Times, Cedar County District Judge Mark Smith has ordered members of the Durant School Board to serve 30 days in the Cedar County Jail for violating a court order in how the board was to restore Monica Rouse to her job as Durant High School principal.

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New Mexico Education Secretary suspends local school board

As reported in the Los Angeles Times, New Mexico Education Department Secretary Hanna Skandera recently suspended the entire school board of the Questa Independent School District in northern New Mexico, saying that state officials would take over the running of the board.

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Connecticut legislative committee approves state ed department’s policy changes regarding charter school operators

According the Connecticut Post, the Connecticut legislature’s Regulations Review Committee has approved the state Department of Education’s (CDE) new regulations that prohibit people from sitting on more than one Connecticut charter school board and prohibit charter school board members from helping to run companies that manage their schools.

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