Leaders of the Utah State Board of Education promised to take “prompt action” against member Natalie Cline after her controversial post where she shared photos of a high school athlete to raise questions about the minor’s gender.
The board’s leadership noted, though, that it has “no power or authority to unseat an elected official.”
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Senate President Stuart Adams said Cline’s actions were “reprehensible” and that lawmakers were “looking at all options” to address them. “Anytime you’re dealing with impeachment, now it’s a legal matter,” Cullimore told reporters. “And so does this rise to the level of an ethics violation that would warrant that? Because I would be wary about moving forward with impeachment on anybody just because of the political lens of the day.”
“We’re going to take all of the information, we’re going to look at what we have the ability to do, we’re going to process it, and as we process it, we’ll come out and we’ll let you know the direction we’re going,” Adams said. Currently, the Utah Board of Education only has the authority to censure its members, or vote to formally disapprove of her comments. It would have to meet in a closed executive session to do so.posted another message critical of LGBTQ students that led some of her followers to threaten violence.
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