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Sept. 19, 2018 |  By: AP

Applications for next education commissioner being accepted

The search for Missouri's next top education official has begun. The State Board of Education is accepting applications for the next education commissioner beginning today. The deadline to apply is 4:30 p.m. October 19.
The board fired former commissioner Margie Vandeven last year. That came after former Governor Eric Greitens stacked the board with his appointees, who led her push out. Greitens wanted Vandeven replaced.
But efforts to replace her were delayed following pushback from state senators, who balked at Vandeven's firing and did not confirm Greitens' appointees. Greitens has since resigned in scandal, and new Governor Mike Parson
replaced his appointees with people who faced considerably less pushback. The revamped board now is restarting its search for the next elementary and secondary education leader.