RUNNER TAPPED FOR LEADERSHIP ROLE ON EDUCATION TASK FORCE.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. has been named to lead an Assembly Republican task force on education. The task force, scheduled to start meeting this week, will present the Assembly Republican education reform package to Gov.-elect Gray Davis. ``Without a GOP governor, which we've had for 16 years, it's really up to us in the Legislature, Republicans, to present what we believe is good policy in a number of areas, and education is going to be one of them,'' said Runner, R-Lancaster. The reform proposals will focus on accountability, teacher competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. and school safety, said Assembly Republican Leader Rod Pacheco Rod Pacheco (born 1959) is a U.S. Latino Republican politician. Currently the Riverside County, California District Attorney, he had served in the California State Assembly from 1996-2002. He served as Republican leader from November 5 1998-April 6 1999. , R-Riverside, who appointed the 11-member panel. ``The most successful and effective education reforms of the decade have been Republican proposals such as reducing class size, ending social promotion and implementing statewide testing,'' Pacheco said. Runner said he wants the task force to look into strengthening local school boards' authority instead of centralizing cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. decision-making and program development in Sacramento or Washington, D.C. ``I'm a believer you just ask them to educate and you let them decide how they should do that,'' Runner said about local school boards. If they fail, he said, the voters will remove them. Runner said he was named the chairman because the task force was his idea and because of his educational background. He founded the private Desert Christian Schools A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. in Lancaster in 1977, and he remains the board chairman. |
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