Glenda Ritz, Gov. Mike Pence education tussle spills over to cyberspace
Analysis by Star reporters and columnists of state, local and federal government decision-making
Another sign of the education struggle between state schools chief Glenda Ritz and Gov. Mike Pence’s administration emerged online last week.
When viewers went to the State Board of Education web page,http://doe.in.gov/stateboard, it was no longer functional on the state Department of Education’s website.
That’s because it’s been moved to the website of Pence’s new education agency, the Center for Education and Career Innovation, known as CECI (http://www.in.gov/ceci/).
Guess the governor’s new agency figured that since the board was “officially” under the auspices of CECI, that its website should be, too. The board’s funding and staff have been under this new agency since it was created by executive order in August. The agency has no statutory power, but Ritz, who chairs the board, contends it’s chipping away at the responsibilities of her administration.
However, a CECI spokeswoman points out the board’s website still can be linked to