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Former Chicago Schools Head to Lead State Ed Board
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is naming former Chicago schools chief Gery Chico chairman of the State Board of Education.

Quinn said in Chicago Tuesday that Chico's ``decades of experience'' in education and administration will be a boon to the state's schools.

Chico became president of the Chicago school board in 1995 when the city took over the schools. He helped close a budget deficit, build new schools and repair old ones, and got credit for raising test scores.

The State Board of Education is a policymaking body that oversees state and federal grant money and implements education law.

Chico lost the Chicago mayor's race this year and finished fifth in the 2004 Democratic Senate primary that Barack Obama won.

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