Dr. Terry Leyba Ruiz (D) won the race against Kimberly Yee (R) for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Ruiz is the first Latina to hold the state’s top education post. Ruiz is a longtime educator and former president of Glendale Community College.
She said she vowed to rein in the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program, the state’s school voucher program and end automatic approval of expenditures of $2,000 or less. Ruiz also said private schools that take ESA money should have the same accountability standards as public schools.
Dr. Terry Leyba Ruiz joined “Arizona Horizon” to talk about her future role as State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
