What does the Michigan state board of education do?

Answer 1

The Board of Education hires superintendents, and investigates evil teachers. For example, a teacher who falsified taking continuing education courses. They also execute orders from the legislature. Legislature in this case is say the Michigan state senate, not the United States senate. An example of a legislative order is for say, school buses to stop at stop signs. Then The Board of Education would be responsible to inform every school system. It takes a lot of work, because some orders from the legislature are impossible (think of President Bush's "No Child Left Behind Act) so there's a lot of communication and negotiation between the legislature and the Board of what can be done.

They are a mixture of governor-approved members and voted members. Their terms are staggered, so that its members slowly change over the years.