Chalkbeat Colorado’s Nic Garcia informs us Pam Manzanec, the Larkspur Republican who represents the 4th Congressional District on the State Board of Education, is resigning from the board at the end of this month:

Mazanec provided a copy of her letter of resignation to Chalkbeat. In a separate statement, Mazanec said she is leaving her post to focus on her family’s small business. Her term would have ended in 2019.

“Serving in this role has truly been an honor and a privilege,” she said in a statement. “I thank the people of Colorado, all my colleagues on the board, past and present, Commissioner Anthes, all the staff at CDE, and everyone committed to excellent education for Colorado’s students. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve.”

As Garcia notes in his report, Manzanec, first elected in 2012, represents a solidly GOP swath of the state and “has been a reliable conservative voice in some of the state’s thorniest education debates, including the role of standards and testing, data privacy, and school choice.”

A Republican vacancy committee will choose a replacement to serve the rest of her term.