(Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
(North Dakota Monitor) – The U.S. Senate is poised to confirm North Dakota State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler as the next assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education at the Department of Education.
The U.S. Senate voted 51-46 to authorize a final confirmation vote of Baesler and more than 100 executive appointees for President Donald Trump.
However, even if Baesler is confirmed, the federal government shutdown would delay her ability to begin the new post.
“Like others affected by the shutdown, I’m in a holding pattern,” Baesler said.
Valley Senior Living on Columbia in Grand Forks Among The Best in North Dakota
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UND Partners With Space And Defense Supplier Voyager Technologies
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Grand Forks Business Leaves with Unpaid Debt to City
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Armstrong Voices Support For Revised 'Waters of the U.S.' Definition
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