California’s Education Power Shift | San Francisco News

California’s governor and lawmakers have rewritten the rules for the state superintendent of public instruction, stripping away key powers and placing education leadership directly under the governor’s control — a move critics call a power grab and a bypass of voters’ will. Former superintendent Sonja Shaw vows to sue, arguing the governor couldn’t win this change at the ballot box, while others rally behind her legal challenge. The move echoes a 1990s court battle where Bill Honig, the then-superintendent, lost a similar fight — and now, even Honig himself supports the new structure, saying it makes sense for the governor to be directly accountable for education management. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/0725f1d83a5ef602