New education secretary in California

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed David Long, Riverside County's superintendent of schools since 1999, as the new state secretary of education. Long, 67, will be paid $175,000. In Riverside, Long oversaw 23 school districts and more than 400,000 students. He also has served as chairman of the U.S. Education Department's Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee.

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