Kevin Craig Cromar, resident of
He is a former state legislator, having served two terms in the Utah House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. He served on the Public Education Appropriations Committee. As a state legislator, Cromar successfully sponsored several education bills, including reducing class size and increasing funding for textbooks. In 1984 he was given the UEA Honor Roll Award as a non-educator who made the greatest contribution to education in the State of
Cromar says his focus as a member of the new school board will be strengthening public education. He was opposed to the school voucher bill. He noted that “educators are required to do more and more for less and less.” The teacher morale is low with teacher shortages and a high 10 to 15 percent turnover. Money needs to be put into the classroom and not administration costs. It is time that the legislature gives back educational local control to local school boards and stop acting as the super board of education. He strongly opposes the proposal creating a three-member state school board selected jointly by the governor and the legislature, limiting local school board authority, and taking away local control. Cromar believes educational governance is best when it is closest to the people and elected by the people. Cromar supports the rigorous, proven National Board Certification and is against the proposal by the legislature to adopt the unproven and non-standard American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE).
Cromar has an Economics degree and MBA from BYU. He was a Project Management professor and consultant at universities in
His wife, Cathy Cromar, is an educator of 21 years in the
