The state supervises education, as is the rule throughout Egypt.
"It's going to cost me a staff person," said Mrs. Miller, who as secretary of state supervised an agency with 180 branch offices and 2,100 employees.
Each of the Union's member states supervises a certain number of airlines.
Howard B. Glaser, a former top aide to Mr. Cuomo at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development who also served on the campaign, will be the director of state operations, supervising Albany's sprawl of state agencies and departments.
Many fear that before all the legislature's hearings are over, there will finger pointing that will fail to address the overarching issue: the mechanism by which the state supervises and monitors the school districts.
Robert B. Rakowski, a state transportation supervising engineer, estimated it would take an additional $8 million to $9 million over five years to finish the New Haven pathway.
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has ordered a reorganization of the state agency supervising troubled elderly people, as investigators move to remedy its failures.
Later this year Georgia's supreme court will decide whether private-probation firms can force probationers to take and pay for classes, and whether they can order arrests when fees go unpaid.Private probation companies promised they could do as well or better than the state at supervising misdemeanants, for less cost to the taxpayer.
Similarly, pupils at a London school were last week confronted by a mysterious new teacher, accompanied only by a small cadre of journalists and photographers.The new teacher was Damian Green, the shadow education secretary, who spent three days at a state school, supervising the playgrounds, inspecting uniforms, and even teaching the odd lesson.
Each of the five elected state administrators supervises an area of state government with a substantial degree of autonomy.
