<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Nope, here's the current qualifications in Idaho law. It has been considerably defined down over the years. I expect the degree requirement to be removed next, when the next approved Republican candidate lacks even an on-line degree.<br><br><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt; text-transform: uppercase;">TITLE 34 </span><div style="line-height: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt; text-transform: uppercase;">ELECTIONS</span></div><div class="p8" style="line-height: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt;">CHAPTER 6 </span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt;">TIME
OF ELECTIONS -- OFFICERS ELECTED</span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; text-align: justify; padding-top: 9pt;"><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt; text-transform: uppercase;">34-613.Election of superintendent of public instruction -- Qualifications. </span><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt;">(1) At the general
election, 1974, and every four (4) years thereafter, a superintendent
of public instruction shall be elected.</span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 5.9%;"><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt;">(2) No person
shall be elected to the office of superintendent of public instruction
unless he shall have attained the age of twenty-five (25) years at
the time of his election, is a citizen of the United States, has a
bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university,
and shall have resided within the state two (2) years next preceding
his election.</span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 5.9%;"><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt;">(3) Each
candidate shall file his declaration of candidacy with the secretary
of state.</span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 5.9%;"><span class="f11s" style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 11pt;">(4) Each
candidate who files a declaration of candidacy shall at the same time
pay a filing fee of two hundred dollars ($200) which shall be deposited
in the general fund.</span></div><br><div> </div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Sue Hovey <suehovey@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com>; Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, January 30, 2011 2:21:48 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Area Residents Quiz Luna on Schools Reform<br></font><br>
Tom Luna has never taught in any classroom and he got his credentials on <br>line in order to make the race for Supt of Schools. He said it was so easy <br>he wished he'd done it before then. The law doesn't require him to have <br>taught, it does require he takes school law & finance and have a doctorate <br>in something. That's it.<br><br>Sue H<br><br>-----Original Message----- <br>From: Tom Hansen<br>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:25 AM<br>To: Moscow Vision 2020<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Area Residents Quiz Luna on Schools Reform<br><br>A couple questions, V-peeps:<br><br>What are Toma Luna's credentials that qualify him to be Idaho's<br>Superintendent of Public Instruction?<br><br>What school districts has he taught in?<br><br>Courtesy of today's (January 27, 2011) Lewiston Tribune.<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Area residents quiz Luna on schools reform<br><br>CULDESAC - Retired
teacher Pat Peek of Viola is concerned about a plan to<br>increase class sizes in Idaho's public schools and require kids to take<br>more online courses.<br><br>"Online is not the answer all of the time," Peek told Tom Luna, the chief<br>of Idaho's schools. "There has to be a balance. Students need to interact<br>with real teachers in real classrooms. I also think the (proposed)<br>increase in classroom sizes could have a detrimental effect on education."<br><br>Peek and other residents in the region were able to speak with the state's<br>top government officials at the Culdesac Capital for a Day Wednesday.<br>Luna, the state superintendent of public instruction, was asked during a<br>morning break about his recent plan to overhaul K-12 education.<br><br>"A good teacher can handle one or two more students," Luna said in<br>response to a question about class sizes. "A poor teacher can't<br>effectively teach any number of students."<br><br>His proposal
for an increased use of technology, performance bonuses for<br>effective teachers and administrators, and greater accountability seems to<br>be getting mixed reviews.<br><br>Luna said parts of the plan, such as phasing out tenure and conducting<br>salary negotiations in open meetings, are never going to be popular with<br>some groups.<br><br>He also believes there is a misconception that every ninth-grader in the<br>state will be handed a laptop and neither the student nor computer will<br>ever be seen again. "That's not the case at all," he said.<br><br>Luna said he wants every student to have a laptop because it can be used<br>as a research device, a textbook or a word processor.<br><br>"It took 20 years to get the overhead projector out of the bowling alley<br>and into the classroom. Education has always been a step behind when it<br>comes to technology and I want to change that."<br><br>Greg Bailey, superintendent of the Mountain View School
District based at<br>Grangeville, told the Tribune he doesn't think Luna got enough feedback<br>from educators before he went forward with his plan.<br><br>"My No. 1 concern is he didn't get input from the people working in the<br>trenches," Bailey said. "They weren't allowed at the kitchen table where<br>the decisions were made. I am also concerned about the capabilities of<br>online courses and taking away opportunities for students to be face to<br>face with teachers."<br><br>Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter said he and Luna have three options given the<br>present economy. They can continue to cannibalize a system that's already<br>anemic, raise taxes to put more money into a system that isn't working, or<br>reform the system to one built for the 21st century. They chose the<br>latter, he said, but they still have to persuade 105 legislators they're<br>right.<br><br>Otter bridled at one man's accusation he and his cabinet are continuing to<br>get exorbitant
salaries and "bonuses" while funding for education and<br>health and welfare are being cut.<br><br>He's never gotten a bonus while in government, Otter said. He is paid less<br>than more than 300 other state employees, most of them in education.<br><br>Neither does he get 60 percent of his federal salary for the rest of his<br>life for his brief service in Congress, Otter said. Both are rumors.<br><br>Elected officials can't turn down raises, but since 2008 he and Luna have<br>given those raises to an educational institution of their choice, he said.<br><br>Last year, he and the other constitutional officers agreed to take a pay<br>cut similar to what other state employees were taking. His pay is down<br>about $18,000 this year, Otter said.<br><br>Later in the day, Otter presented a Governor's Brightest Stars award to<br>West Park Elementary School at Moscow in recognition of the volunteer work<br>done by students, staff and families. The school has a
culture of<br>volunteerism, according to the award.<br><br>West Park provides reading buddies, school maintenance and clean-up during<br>Saturdays of Service, organizes blood drives, and has done fundraising for<br>the Red Cross and Inland Empire Blood Bank. It also has a volunteer corps<br>with representatives of all parts of the community.<br><br>----------------<br><br>Tom Luna<br>(one of his better pictures)<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.lmtribune.com/images/7948654.jpg">http://www.lmtribune.com/images/7948654.jpg</a></span><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br><br>- Unknown<br><br><br>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the
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