The Democrat-controlled Maryland Senate debated Thursday over an emergency bill that would give them greater influence over the Board of Education’s next superintendent appointee.
The bill, which Republican senators characterized as politically motivated, would require the Senate to authorize the Maryland Board of Education’s appointee for state superintendent.
The board of education is appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, and there is a pending vacancy in the seat for state superintendent. Some Republican senators expressed concern that the bill could be politically motivated.
State Sen. Justin Ready, R-Carroll, said the timing of the bill is “suspicious.”
Since former Superintendent Lillian Lowery resigned in September to work for an education nonprofit, the position has been held in the interim by her then-deputy Jack Smith, who is due to leave this summer.
Education spending has been a point of contention between Hogan and Democrats in the legislature.
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