Education Lobbyist
Salter was term-limited in the 2007 elections. In 2008, he began his latest position at a salary of $120,000 annually under Education Superintendent Paul Pastorek. In 2007, Pastorek assumed the superintendency on the death of Cecil Picard, a former member of both houses of the legislature. In Louisiana, the education was previously elected, but the post became appointive in the 1980s, Pastorek was retained by Republican Governor Bobby Jindal. The superintendent is selected by the 11-member elected Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and while the governor's recommendation is significant, it is not binding. Salter will act as a lobbyist and liaison officer for the Education Department with his former colleagues in the legislature, with the state's congressional delegation, and with local school boards.
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