The Board of Education has presented Gov. Eloy S. Inos with a draft of an executive order for the selection and appointment of a teacher representative to the board.<\/p>\n
There has been no teacher representative on the board since January 2008.<\/p>\n
The executive order would create a system where the governor would appoint the teacher selected by his or her colleagues as \u2018Teacher of the Year\u201d as the non-voting teacher representative on the board.<\/p>\n
The teacher rep would serve a one-year term, according to the order.<\/p>\n
The draft order cites Article 15 of the CNMI Constitution, which empowers the governor to appoint three nonvoting \u201cex-officio members to the Board of Education,\u201d one of which is a teacher rep.<\/p>\n
Guerrero has sent two previous letters to Inos this year\u2014on May 2 and Aug. 2\u2014urging for the use of an executive order.<\/p>\n
In an interview, Guerrero said the letter to the governor is a part of their \u201ccontinuing efforts\u201d for the Legislature to take the initiative on the matter.<\/p>\n
The Office of the Governor has acknowledged receiving the letter, Guerrero said.<\/p>\n
As reported earlier, PSS previously proposed a bill that called for schoolwide election by fellow teachers, but the Senate pushed a substitute bill instead that did not track the language promoted by PSS or as introduced by then-Senate Education Committee chair Sen. Jovita Taimano (Ind-Rota). Instead, the Legislature recommended that teachers hold an election to decide on their representative.<\/p>\n
The board rejected this recommendation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on the results of the survey, PSS teachers want to have the\u2026teacher representative appointed to the position. Because this bill does not reflect the will of teachers, PSS cannot support it at this time,\u201d stated a joint letter that PSS and the BOE submitted to the House education panel last year.<\/p>\n
In the May 2 letter this year, Guerrero noted the \u201congoing struggle to motivate the Legislature to act in a coherent matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Constitution calls for a selection process to be done pursuant to law. Unfortunately the Legislature has not done so,\u201d Guerrero said then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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