Tom Horne
| Tom Horne | |
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| 25th Arizona Attorney General | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 5, 2015 |
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| Governor | Jan Brewer |
| Preceded by | Terry Goddard |
| Succeeded by | Mark Brnovich |
| 19th Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
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In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Jaime Molera |
| Succeeded by | John Huppenthal |
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March 28, 1945 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marty |
| Children | Susan, Mary, David, and Mark |
| Residence | Arizona |
Thomas Charles "Tom" Horne (born March 28, 1945) is an Arizona attorney, politician, and Republican Party activist who served as Attorney General of Arizona from 2011 to 2015. He previously served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2003 to 2011.
Horne is a graduate of Harvard College (1967) magna cum laude and Harvard Law School (1970) with honors.
During his 30 years of law practice, Horne served as Special Assistant Attorney General and a Judge Pro Tem in Maricopa County Superior Court and Arizona Court of Appeals. Horne served as a teacher of Legal Writing at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and is the author a legal text on construction law published by the State Bar of Arizona.
Horne served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1997 until 2001. He chaired the Academic Accountability Committee and served as vice-chair of the Education Committee.
Horne served as the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2003 to 2011.
Among his earliest acts in office was to push for a strengthening of Arizona’s social studies standards so that instruction on topics such as the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Greco-Roman basis of western civilization would be emphasized not only in elementary grades, but reiterated at later grade levels.
Horne also made a priority of enforcement of Arizona’s voter-approved law mandating that English be the language of classroom instruction (with the exception of foreign language classes).
He also pushed for nutritional standards that removed junk food from schools in the elementary grades and created incentives for secondary schools to do so on a voluntary basis.
Testing protocols were also significantly changed during Horne’s administration. He oversaw the development of a dual-purpose assessment that was unique in combining assessments on both state and nationally defined standards. This cut standardized testing time in half, restoring that time to classroom instruction.
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