Company run by Malloy appointee to the State Board of Education collects $517,128 in funds allocated by the State Board of Education.
Last November, Governor Dannel Malloy appointed Erik Clemons of New Haven, along with two other individuals, to the State Board of Education. See: Gov. Malloy Appoints Three to Serve on the State Board of Education.
As interim appointees the three immediately became voting members of the State Board of Education, although they must now be confirmed by the Connecticut General Assembly. The legislature’s Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee will be holding a hearing, followed by an immediate vote, on Mr. Clemons and Malloy’s other appointees to the State Board of Education this Thursday, February 18, 2016.
When making the announcement, Governor Malloy and his press operation conveniently failed to reveal Erik Clemons’ close association with Connecticut’s charter school industry.
Clemons served on the Board of Directors’ of Achievement First Elm City Charter School until 2015. Following his departure from Achievement First Inc., his company’s Director of Programs at CONNCAT, Genevive Walker, was appointed to serve on that same Achievement First Board.
Clemons is also a founding member and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of Company run by Malloy appointee to the State Board of Education collects $517,128 in funds allocated by the State Board of Education. - Wait What?: