Butcher is a career educator whose past responsibilities include serving the State Department of Education in the Bureau of Adult and Community Education, where he helped plan and implement many state initiatives in the area of community education. Butcher holds a Ph.D. in educational administration and supervision from the University of Michigan, a masters degree in education leadership from Eastern Michigan University, and a bachelors degree in business education from Western Michigan University. He is married and has three children. The State Board of Education consists of 13 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the State Senate. The board is responsible for general supervision and control of public education for the state s public school system.
Members serve without compensation for six-year terms.