The longtime executive director of the Indiana Charter School Board was asked to resign in January, a previously unreported change that left a key state education position vacant for weeks without public notice.
James Betley, who led the board for nearly a decade, confirmed Wednesday that his departure was not voluntary but declined to elaborate. Previously he worked as deputy director of education policy under former Gov. Mike Pence and held other state positions.
“I was asked to resign,” Betley told WFYI…