School Board Members in Texas - Don McLeroy (Paperback)


Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Donald "Don" McLeroy (born June 3, 1946) is a dentist in Bryan, Texas and a departing Republican member of the Texas State Board of Education, which establishes policy for the Texas public school system. Dr. McLeroy, who represents SBOE District 9 (Bryan-College Station), has been on the board since 1998. McLeroy was appointed Chair of the SBOE by Governor Rick Perry in 2007 to a term running to February 2009. Governor Perry reappointed McLeroy, an advocate of creationism, as Chairman to a second term to last until February 1, 2011, but on May 28, 2009, the Texas Senate rejected the re-appointment; although the vote was 19-11 in favor with one member abstaining (along party lines; all 19 Senate members voting to reappoint were Republicans, while all 11 Senate members voting to reject and the one abstaining member were Democrats) the reappointment required a 2/3 majority for approval. McLeroy lost re-election to a moderate in the Republican primary in March 2010. McLeroy was narrowly defeated for renomination to the SBOE in the March 2 Republican primary. He lost to Robert Thomas Ratliff (born ca. 1967) of Kyle in Hays County, a son of former State Senator and Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff of Mount Pleasant. McLeroy received 57,528 votes (49.6 percent) to Ratliff's 58,388 (50.4 percent). McLeroy received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Donald "Don" McLeroy (born June 3, 1946) is a dentist in Bryan, Texas and a departing Republican member of the Texas State Board of Education, which establishes policy for the Texas public school system. Dr. McLeroy, who represents SBOE District 9 (Bryan-College Station), has been on the board since 1998. McLeroy was appointed Chair of the SBOE by Governor Rick Perry in 2007 to a term running to February 2009. Governor Perry reappointed McLeroy, an advocate of creationism, as Chairman to a second term to last until February 1, 2011, but on May 28, 2009, the Texas Senate rejected the re-appointment; although the vote was 19-11 in favor with one member abstaining (along party lines; all 19 Senate members voting to reappoint were Republicans, while all 11 Senate members voting to reject and the one abstaining member were Democrats) the reappointment required a 2/3 majority for approval. McLeroy lost re-election to a moderate in the Republican primary in March 2010. McLeroy was narrowly defeated for renomination to the SBOE in the March 2 Republican primary. He lost to Robert Thomas Ratliff (born ca. 1967) of Kyle in Hays County, a son of former State Senator and Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff of Mount Pleasant. McLeroy received 57,528 votes (49.6 percent) to Ratliff's 58,388 (50.4 percent). McLeroy received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A

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United States

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May 2010

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May 2010

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152 x 229 x 3mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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44

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978-1-156-29275-4

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9781156292754

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1-156-29275-1



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