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<strong>PA</strong> <strong>Capitol</strong> <strong>Digest</strong><br />
A <strong>Unique</strong> <strong>View</strong> <strong>Inside</strong> <strong>State</strong> Government<br />
By <strong>Crisci</strong> <strong>Associates</strong><br />
Click Here for Daily <strong>PA</strong> <strong>Capitol</strong> <strong>Digest</strong> Blog<br />
Harrisburg, Pa September 2, 2013<br />
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Gov. Corbett Asks For, Receives Resignation Of Education Secretary, Appoints Dumaresq<br />
Gov. Tom Corbett Monday requested and received the resignation of acting Secretary of Education,<br />
Dr. William E. Harner.<br />
Harner, 56, of Carlisle, served as acting Secretary of Education since June 1. He previously<br />
served five years as superintendent for Cumberland Valley School District in Mechanicsburg.<br />
Dr. Carolyn C. Dumaresq, the department’s Executive Deputy Secretary, will serve as acting Secretary<br />
of Education, effective immediately.<br />
A former superintendent at Central Dauphin and SteeltonHighspire school districts, Dumaresq<br />
began her education career as a math teacher. Later, Dumaresq taught on a college level at the<br />
Harrisburg campuses of Temple and Penn <strong>State</strong> universities.<br />
She served as executive director of the Pennsylvania <strong>State</strong> Education Association and president<br />
of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators. Dumaresq worked for the state Department<br />
of Education from 1976 to 1983, and then joined the department again in 2011.<br />
Dumaresq is the recipient of several awards with recognition coming from the Education Policy<br />
and Leadership Center, the Keystone Research Center, the American Association of University<br />
Women, the American Association of School Administrators, and was named Pennsylvania<br />
Superintendent of the Year in 1994.<br />
She has served leadership roles with the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators<br />
including president, board of governors, elections committee, chair of the legislative committee and<br />
president of the woman’s caucus.<br />
Her community and social service has extended to the Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children,<br />
the Penn <strong>State</strong> Outreach Advisory Board, the National Council of <strong>State</strong> Education Agencies where she<br />
is a past president and the governing board of the Governor’s Center for Excellence and the Governor’s<br />
Work Force Investment Board.
Dumaresq, of Harrisburg, earned her bachelor’s degree from Hood College, her master’s<br />
degree from Villanova University and her doctorate in education with a concentration in personnel and<br />
labor relations from the University of Pennsylvania.<br />
NewsClips:<br />
Education Secretary Ousted Over Unflattering Behavior<br />
Corbett Asks Education Chief To Resign<br />
Corbett Fires His New Education Secretary<br />
Corbett Forces Out 2nd Education Chief In 3 Months<br />
Secretary Education Resigns Abruptly<br />
Harner Replaced By Dumaresq As Education Secretary<br />
Ousting Education Secretary <strong>State</strong>ment On Accomplishments<br />
Corbett’s Vetting Process For Ed Secretary Ridiculed<br />
Corbett Team Defends Vetting Of Ousted Education Secretary<br />
New Education Secretary Has Her Own Troubles<br />
Corbett’s Education Secretary Didn’t Disclose Income<br />
ExEd Secretary Named To Another Post Before Resignation<br />
Editorial: Corbett’s Education Secretary Mess
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