State Education Director Says Changes Needed
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
State education director Ken James urged a
special legislative committee today to adopt recommendations for
changes within the agency.
James outlined 19 priorities that he based on a management
analysis by James Smith of Management Analysis and Planning
Incorporated. Most of them addressed recruiting and retaining
qualified department employees with competitive salaries.
James says the department`s 400 employees will be critical to
implementing new school district accountability standards. They
will also play a key role in helping newly consolidated districts
deal with court-ordered public school reform.
