SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker wants to ask voters in New Mexico to approve a proposal that would abolish the job of the state's education secretary.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/2i7AXJY) that the proposal by Sen. Michael Padilla of Albuquerque would ask voters to amend the state's Constitution to eliminate the job and resurrect an elected state board of education to oversee public schools.
[...] she said a state school board made up of 10 regional representatives would "put the public schools back into the hands of elected individuals who are and should be more responsive to the people in their communities."
