June 20, 2003

Deputy Secretary of Education Resigns

By STEPHEN BURD

William D. Hansen has announced that he is stepping down from the No. 2 position at the U.S. Education Department.

Mr. Hansen, who has been the department's deputy secretary since March 2001, wrote in a letter to President Bush this month that he would be leaving the agency "to focus my energy on my family" and to pursue a job in the private sector. His resignation will be effective July 4.

While at the department, Mr. Hansen devoted much of his attention to improving the

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