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Senate Committee Votes To Strip Glenda Ritz As Education Board Chair

Last updated on Tuesday, February 3, 2015

(STATEHOUSE) - For the second time in a week, a legislative committee took a step toward removing State Superintendent Glenda Ritz as chair of the State Board of Education.

The Senate Rules Committee voted 7-to-4 along political party lines for the bill late Monday which its sponsor, Sen. Travis Holdman (R, Markle) saying that it would help end the friction between the only Democrat holding elective statewide office and a board made up of appointees from Republican governors.

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