CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois will reduce the number of regional schools superintendents by roughly 20 percent and look at beefing up math requirements for middle and high school students under education-related bills Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Monday.

Regional superintendents — elected officials whose duties include certifying teachers and offering GED classes — have often been a target for public officials looking to reduce state spending. Quinn has wanted to eliminate the positions and last year used his veto power to cancel their salaries to save roughly $13 million. But four months later, he restored pay and legislators shifted their funding from state to local money.