Jillian Balow
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jillian Balow
| image = Jillian Balow 2014 (cropped).png
| office = Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction
| governor = Glenn Youngkin
| term_start = January 15, 2022
| term_end = March 9, 2023
| predecessor = James Lane
| successor = Lisa Coons
| office1 = Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction
| governor1 = Matt Mead
Mark Gordon
| term_start1 = January 5, 2015
| term_end1 = January 15, 2022
| predecessor1 = Cindy Hill
| successor1 = Kari Eakins (Acting)
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}
| birth_place = Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| education = University of Wyoming (BA)
Regis University (MEd)
}}
Jillian Balow is an American politician who was appointed as the Virginia superintendent of public instruction in January 2022. She resigned from the position in March 2023. From 2014 to January 2022, she was the Wyoming superintendent of public instruction.
Career
Balow was a division administrator in the Wyoming Department of Family Services.{{sfn|Graff|2014|p=G6}}
Balow was president of the Council of Chief State School Officers.{{sfn|The Virginian-Pilot|2022}} A Republican, she was elected as the Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2014, winning 61% of the vote against Democrat Mike Ceballos.{{sfn|The Virginian-Pilot|2022}} During her 2014 campaign, she opposed the Common Core initiatives.{{sfn|Graff|2014|p=G6}} Balow ran unopposed in 2018.{{sfn|The Virginian-Pilot|2022}} Her last day as the Wyoming superintendent was January 16, 2022.{{sfn|Eavis|2022|p=A1}}
In January 2022, Balow was appointed by governor Glenn Youngkin as the Virginia superintendent of public instruction.{{sfn|Eavis|2022|p=A1}} She succeeded acting Virginia superintendent Rosa Atkins.{{sfn|The Virginian-Pilot|2022}}
On March 1, 2023, Balow announced her resignation as Virginia's Superintendent of Public Instruction, effective March 9. Balow's tenure at VDOE was marked with high-profile fights over issues including revised state standards for history education and the treatment of transgender students in schools.{{Cite web |last=Times-Dispatch |first=ANNA BRYSON Richmond |title=Youngkin's Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow resigns |url=https://dailyprogress.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkins-superintendent-of-public-instruction-jillian-balow-resigns/article_1524b917-6861-5253-a2c2-a08713e80804.html |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=The Daily Progress |language=en}}
References
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- {{Cite news |last=Eavis|first=Victoria|date=January 14, 2022 |title=Balow resigns for Virginia job |pages=A1 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102415912/balow-resigns-for-virginia-job/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |via=newspapers.com}}
- {{Cite news |last=Graff |first=Trevor |date=November 2, 2014 |title=Candidates seek to unify education community |pages=65 |work=Casper Star-Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102432568/candidates-seek-to-unify-education/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |via=newspapers.com}}
- {{Cite web|ref={{harvid|The Virginian-Pilot|2022}} |author= |date=January 14, 2022 |title=Youngkin names Wyoming schools leader as Virginia’s next superintendent |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-youngkin-jillian-balow-20220114-g63lmi7edneofk5upk2ekcvt4a-story.html |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=The Virginian-Pilot |language=en}}
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{{s-bef|before=James Lane}}
{{s-ttl|title=Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction|years=2022–2023}}
{{s-aft|after=Lisa Coons}}
{{s-bef|before=Cindy Hill}}
{{s-ttl|title=Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction|years=2015–2022}}
{{s-aft|after=Kari Eakins
Acting}}
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Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century Virginia politicians
Category:School superintendents in Virginia
Category:Superintendents of public instruction of Wyoming
Category:Women in Virginia politics
Category:Women in Wyoming politics
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