fuller, jean sen

<p><b>Jean Fuller</b> (born April 16, 1950) is a U.S. politician who serves as the minority leader in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">California State Senate</a>. A Republican, she was previously a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Assembly" title="California Assembly" class="mw-redirect">California Assembly</a> and the Superintendent of Schools for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield_City_School_District" title="Bakersfield City School District">Bakersfield City School District</a>.</p>

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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fuller#Background_and_education"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background and education</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fuller#Community_involvement"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Community involvement</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fuller#State_politics"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">State politics</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fuller#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fuller#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li></ul>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Background_and_education">Background and education</span></h2>

<p>Jean Fuller was born and raised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern_County" title="Kern County" class="mw-redirect">Kern County</a>. She received her AA degree from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield_College" title="Bakersfield College">Bakersfield College</a> in 1970, her BA from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_University,Fresno" title="California State University, Fresno">California State University, Fresno</a> in 1972, a Masters in Public Affairs from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_University,Los_Angeles" title="California State University, Los Angeles">California State University, Los Angeles</a> in 1982 and her PhD from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara" title="University of California, Santa Barbara">University of California, Santa Barbara</a> in 1989. She supplemented her education with coursework and seminars at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, and Exeter College at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University" title="Oxford University" class="mw-redirect">Oxford University</a>.

She served as an educator in the Central Valley for more than 30 years,

including time as Superintendent of the Bakersfield City School

District.</p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Community_involvement">Community involvement</span></h2>

<p>Fuller's professional and community leadership include the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern_County" title="Kern County" class="mw-redirect">Kern County</a> Museum Authority Board, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_%26_Girls_Clubs_of_America" title="Boys & Girls Clubs of America">Boys & Girls Clubs of America</a>,

Jim Burke Education Leaders Forum, and the Kern County Superintendent's

Administrative Advisory. Statewide leadership roles include the

California School Boards Association, Association of School

Administrators and the institute for Education Reform. Fuller was named

California Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of

School Administrators in the 2004/2005 school year. Fuller earned

national recognition for school improvement in 1998 when she was awarded

the AASA Leadership for Learning Award.</p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_politics">State politics</span></h2>

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California 18th Senate District</div>

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<p>First elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California State Legislature</a> in 2006, Fuller represented the 32nd Assembly district. Fuller went on to win the election for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">California State Senate</a> in for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s_18th_State_Senate_district" title="California's 18th State Senate district">California's 18th State Senate district</a> in 2010. The 18th district includes parts of Kern, Tulare, and San Bernardino Counties as well as all of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inyo_County" title="Inyo County" class="mw-redirect">Inyo County</a>, and is one of the largest in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.

In 2015, Senator Fuller authored SB 111, "Securing Federal Funding

for Schools that Serve Military Families." SB 111, which was signed into

law by Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a>,

provides a 20% matching of funds for 11 California schools near or on a

military base, allocating $61 million in federal and state funds.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fuller#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>

In 2012, Fuller authored SB 1367, the "Archery Hunting/Firearms

Bill." This bill revised the archery provisions of the Fish and Game

code to authorize a peace officer to carry a firearm while hunting deer,

while prohibiting use of that firearm to illegally hunt deer.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Fuller#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> SB 1367 was signed into law by Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a>.</p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2>

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</li></ol></div><div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><li id="cite_note-1"> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB111">"Bill Text - SB-111 School facilities: military installations."</a>. <i>leginfo.legislature.ca.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-11-05</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJean+Fuller&rft.atitle=Bill+Text+-+SB-111+School+facilities%3A+military+installations.&rft.genre=unknown&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D201520160SB111&rft.jtitle=leginfo.legislature.ca.gov&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></span></li>

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</li><div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references"><li value="2" id="cite_note-2"> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://district16.cssrc.us/content/legislation">"Legislation | Jean Fuller"</a>. <i>district16.cssrc.us</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2015-11-05</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJean+Fuller&rft.atitle=Legislation+%7C+Jean+Fuller&rft.genre=unknown&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdistrict16.cssrc.us%2Fcontent%2Flegislation&rft.jtitle=district16.cssrc.us&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></span></li></ol>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fullerforsenate.com/">Official Campaign Site</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.senate.ca.gov/fuller/">State Senator - Jean Fuller</a></li></ul></div>