State schools superintendent in Ohio resigns

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohio Schools Superintendent Stan Heffner has resigned after the state inspector general found Heffner lobbied improperly for a private education company he planned to work for. Heffner's statement gave no reason for the resignation. A report from Inspector General Randall Meyer says Heffner had signed an employment agreement with Educational Testing Service when he testified before the state Senate Finance Committee in May 2011 for legislation that benefited the firm. Heffner was the interim state superintendent at the time. He also had allowed the company to pay for his travel and had begun his move to San Antonio, Tex., for the job, the report found. Heffner ultimately did not take the job because he was appointed full-time Ohio schools chief in July 2011.