State |
State agency |
Chief state school officer |
Elected |
Service began |
Name |
Alabama |
Alabama Department of Education |
Alabama Superintendent of Education |
No |
2016 |
Michael Sentance |
Alaska |
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development |
Alaska Commissioner of Education & Early Development |
No |
2016 |
Michael Johnson |
Arizona |
Arizona Department of Education |
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2015 |
Diane Douglas |
Arkansas |
Arkansas Department of Education |
Arkansas Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Johnny Key |
California |
California Department of Education |
California Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2011 |
Tom Torlakson |
Colorado |
Colorado Department of Education |
Colorado Commissioner of Education |
No |
2016 |
Katy Anthes |
Connecticut |
Connecticut Department of Education |
Connecticut Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Dianna Wentzell |
Delaware |
Delaware Department of Education |
Delaware Secretary of Education |
No |
2017 |
Susan Bunting |
Florida |
Florida Department of Education |
Florida Commissioner of Education |
No |
2013 |
Pam Stewart |
Georgia |
Georgia Department of Education |
State Superintendent of Schools |
Yes |
2015 |
Richard Woods |
Hawaii |
Hawaii Department of Education |
Hawaii Superintendent of Education |
No |
2010 |
Kathryn Matayoshi |
Idaho |
Idaho State Department of Education |
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2015 |
Sherri Ybarra |
Illinois |
Illinois State Board of Education |
Illinois Superintendent of Education |
No |
2015 |
Tony Smith |
Indiana |
Indiana Department of Education |
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2017 |
Jennifer McCormick |
Iowa |
Iowa Department of Education |
Iowa Director of Education |
No |
2013 |
Ryan Wise |
Kansas |
Kansas State Department of Education |
Kansas Interim Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Randy Watson |
Kentucky |
Kentucky Department of Education |
Kentucky Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Stephen Pruitt |
Louisiana |
Louisiana Department of Education |
Louisiana Superintendent of Education |
No |
2012 |
John White |
Maine |
Maine Department of Education |
Maine Commissioner of Education |
No |
2016 |
Robert Hasson |
Maryland |
Maryland State Department of Education |
Maryland State Superintendent of Schools |
No |
2016 |
Karen B. Salmon |
Massachusetts |
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |
Massachusetts Secretary of Education |
No |
2015 |
Jim Peyser |
Michigan |
Michigan Department of Education |
Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2015 |
Brian J. Whiston |
Minnesota |
Minnesota Department of Education |
Minnesota Commissioner of Education |
No |
2010 |
Brenda Cassellius |
Mississippi |
Mississippi Department of Education |
Mississippi Superintendent of Education |
No |
2013 |
Carey M. Wright |
Missouri |
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |
Missouri Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Roger Dorson (Interim) |
Montana |
Montana Office of Public Instruction |
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2017 |
Elsie Arntzen |
Nebraska |
Nebraska Department of Education |
Nebraska Commissioner of Education |
No |
2014 |
Matthew Blomstedt |
Nevada |
Nevada Department of Education |
Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2015 |
Steve Canavero |
New Hampshire |
New Hampshire Department of Education |
New Hampshire Commissioner of Education |
No |
2017 |
Frank Edelblut |
New Jersey |
New Jersey Department of Education |
New Jersey Commissioner of Education |
No |
2018 |
Lamont Repollet |
New Mexico |
New Mexico Public Education Department |
New Mexico Secretary of Education |
No |
2010 |
Hanna Skandera |
New York |
New York State Education Department |
New York Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
MaryEllen Elia |
North Carolina |
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction |
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2017 |
Mark Johnson |
North Dakota |
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction |
North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2013 |
Kirsten Baesler |
Ohio |
Ohio State Board of Education |
Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2016 |
Paolo DeMaria |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma State Department of Education |
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2015 |
Joy Hofmeister |
Oregon |
Oregon Department of Education |
Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2015 |
Salam Noor |
Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education |
No |
2015 |
Pedro Rivera |
Rhode Island |
Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |
Rhode Island Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Ken Wagner |
South Carolina |
South Carolina Department of Education |
South Carolina Superintendent of Education |
Yes |
2015 |
Molly Spearman |
South Dakota |
South Dakota Department of Education |
South Dakota Secretary of Education |
No |
2011 |
Melody Schopp |
Tennessee |
Tennessee Department of Education |
Tennessee Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Candice McQueen |
Texas |
Texas Education Agency |
Texas Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Mike Morath |
Utah |
Utah State Office of Education |
Utah Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2016 |
Sydnee Dickson |
Vermont |
Vermont Agency of Education |
Vermont Secretary of Education |
No |
2014 |
Rebecca Holcombe |
Virginia |
Virginia Department of Education |
Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2014 |
Steven R. Staples |
Washington |
Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2017 |
Chris Reykdal |
West Virginia |
West Virginia Department of Education |
West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools |
No |
2017 |
Steven L. Paine |
Wisconsin |
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction |
Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2009 |
Tony Evers |
Wyoming |
Wyoming Department of Education |
Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2015 |
Jillian Balow |
American Samoa |
American Samoa Department of Education |
American Samoa Director of Education |
No |
2017 |
Ruth Matagi-Tofiga |
District of Columbia |
District of Columbia State Board of Education |
District of Columbia Superintendent of Education |
No |
2015 |
Hanseul Kang |
Guam |
Guam Department of Education |
Guam Superintendent of Education |
No |
2016 |
Jon Fernandez |
Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico Department of Education |
Puerto Rico Secretary of Education |
No |
2017 |
Julia Keleher |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Education |
U.S. Virgin Islands Commissioner of Education |
No |
2016 |
Sharon McCollum |