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State Information Request: Required Criteria for School Board Members (archive)

A staff member at a governor’s office asked for information about states that have policies requiring state and local school board members to meet education and/or professional criteria. Our response provided state-specific details from the relevant statute included in the National Association of State Boards of Education’s State Education Governance Matrix. To provide timely assistance to our constituents, State Information Requests are typically completed in 24 hours. They reflect an issue scan versus a comprehensive analysis.

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Sept. 13, 2016

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