MS SC522

Recognizes Carolyn Stanford Taylor from Marks, Mississippi, as Wisconsin's first African-American State Superintendent of Public Schools, appointed by Governor Tony Evers on January 7, 2019.

Honors Taylor's career achievements including 38 years of educational experience, service as the first African-American female Assistant State Superintendent in Wisconsin (2001), and receipt of the 2018 Virginia Hart Special Recognition Award.

Acknowledges Taylor's personal history integrating schools in Marks, Mississippi, in 1966 as part of one of few African-American families during the segregated 1960s.

Details Taylor's educational background from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her professional progression from classroom teacher to principal in Madison schools before joining the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Directs transmission of the resolution to State Superintendent Taylor, Governor Tony Evers, the Mississippi State Board of Education, and the Capitol Press Corps.