New York Education chief wants state to be able to take over school districts

Tiffany Lankes and Dave McKinley:

New York’s top education official wants state lawmakers to sign off on a bill that would give the Board of Regents power to take over school districts that are failing academically or financially.
Education Commissioner John King said the bill would allow the Regents to remove a school board from a district that consistently fails to meet state standards and appoint an oversight board that would take over responsibility for running the system.
“That’s certainly one of the options we believe should be on the table for the Board of Regents when you have a district that is chronically underperforming and, from a governance perspective, unable to move forward,” King said.