Candidate for
County Superintendent of Schools; County of Riverside

Kenneth M. Young was appointed to the position of Riverside County Superintendent of Schools in April of 2007. He was subsequently elected to the position in 2010. He is the 11th County Superintendent of Schools in the county's 121 year history. Since taking office, Superintendent Young has continually focused the collective efforts of the Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) on the mission of ensuring the success of all students in the county through extraordinary service, support and partnerships. This translates into every student graduating from high school well prepared for college and the workforce.

Mr. Young was serving as the Riverside County Deputy Superintendent of Schools prior to becoming County Superintendent. As County Deputy Superintendent, he was responsible for all internal and external business operations, information technology services, facilities, maintenance and operations services, school district organization and legislative advocacy at the RCOE. This included direct oversight of the RCOE budget (more than $250 million annually) and administrative oversight of the 23 local school district budgets (approximately $3 billion annually).

Before coming to the RCOE in 2004, Mr. Young was employed at the Lake Elsinore Unified School District as Deputy Superintendent of Schools, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, and Director of Facilities, Maintenance and Operations. Between 1998 and 2003, he was responsible for establishing a facility master plan that culminated in over $300 million in state funding for the district's then unprecedented school construction program. On the local school district level, Mr. Young chaired several school boundary and district budget committees.

Superintendent Young has taught high school students and adults in both public and private education. Preceding his employment in California's public school system, he spent 18 years in the field of civil engineering construction, 14 of which he was president and CEO of a private engineering construction firm.

Professional Affiliations In 2012, Superintendent Young was appointed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson to be a member of the state's Public Schools Accountability Act Advisory Committee. In this capacity, he serves as an adviser to both the State Superintendent and the State Board of Education on the overhaul of the Academic Performance Index (API) and the implementation of assessments for the Common Core academic content standards. In 2013, Superintendent Young became Chair of the Advisory Committee. He also serves as the Chair of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association's Legislative Committee; he is a member of the Cal State University San Bernardino Doctoral Advisory Committee, the Cal Baptist University School of Education Leadership Development Council, the Western Riverside Council of Governments Executive Board and the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership Board of Directors. He recently served on the California Inland Empire Council of the Boy Scouts of America Executive Board.

Between 2007 and 2010, Superintendent Young served as a member of the Implementation Committee of the State Allocation Board where policy regulations are developed for the distribution of funds from all statewide school bond measures. From 2003 to 2007, he served on the Board of Directors of the Coalition for Adequate School Housing. And, for a number of years, Superintendent Young also chaired the Southern Section Chief Business Officials Committee for the California Association of School Business Officials.

Education Superintendent Young holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, a Master's degree in Education (Technology) from American Intercontinental University, an Administrative Services Credential and a California Teaching Credential--both issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. He also holds a credential in School Business Administration from San Diego State University.

Superintendent Young has been active in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for over 30 years (all three of his sons and two of his son-in-laws are Eagle Scouts) and until 2012, he served as a volunteer Venturing Crew adviser for 16-18 year-old young men. He has six children and eight grandchildren. A native of southern California, he and his wife Beverly have lived in Riverside County for over 34 years.

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