California education leaders sound alarm over Newsom’s ‘brazen power grab’ stripping superintendent position

California Assembly Bill 181 shifts appointment authority for the state's education commissioner from the elected superintendent to the governor, according to the legislation. The measure changes the structure of California's education leadership by removing the superintendent's role in selecting the commissioner. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law. Education officials have criticized the change as diminishing the superintendent's authority.

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