| State |
State agency |
Chief state school officer |
Elected |
Service began |
Name |
| Alabama |
Alabama Department of Education |
Alabama Superintendent of Education |
No |
2018 |
Eric Mackey |
| 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 |
2023 |
Tom Horne |
| Arkansas |
Arkansas Department of Education |
Arkansas Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Johnny Key |
| California |
California Department of Education |
California Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2019 |
Tony Thurmond |
| Colorado |
Colorado Department of Education |
Colorado Commissioner of Education |
No |
2016 |
Katy Anthes |
| Connecticut |
Connecticut Department of Education |
Connecticut Commissioner of Education |
No |
2021 |
Charlene Russell-Tucker |
| Delaware |
Delaware Department of Education |
Delaware Secretary of Education |
No |
2022 |
Mark Holodick |
| Florida |
Florida Department of Education |
Florida Commissioner of Education |
No |
2022 |
Manny Díaz Jr. |
| Georgia |
Georgia Department of Education |
State Superintendent of Schools |
Yes |
2015 |
Richard Woods |
| Hawaii |
Hawaii Department of Education |
Hawaii Superintendent of Education |
No |
2021 |
Keith Hayashi |
| Idaho |
Idaho State Department of Education |
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2023 |
Debbie Critchfield |
| Illinois |
Illinois State Board of Education |
Illinois Superintendent of Education |
No |
2023 |
Tony Sanders |
| Indiana |
Indiana Department of Education |
Indiana Secretary of Education |
No |
2021 |
Katie Jenner |
| Iowa |
Iowa Department of Education |
Iowa Director of Education |
No |
2024 |
McKenzie Snow |
| Kansas |
Kansas State Department of Education |
Kansas Commissioner of Education |
No |
2015 |
Randy Watson |
| Kentucky |
Kentucky Department of Education |
Kentucky Commissioner of Education |
No |
2020 |
Jason Glass |
| Louisiana |
Louisiana Department of Education |
Louisiana Superintendent of Education |
No |
2020 |
Cade Brumley |
| Maine |
Maine Department of Education |
Maine Commissioner of Education |
No |
2019 |
Pender Makin |
| Maryland |
Maryland State Department of Education |
Maryland State Superintendent of Schools |
No |
2023 |
Carey Wright |
| Massachusetts |
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |
Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education |
No |
2018 |
Jeffrey Riley |
| Michigan |
Michigan Department of Education |
Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2019 |
Michael Rice |
| Minnesota |
Minnesota Department of Education |
Minnesota Commissioner of Education |
No |
2021 |
Heather Mueller |
| Mississippi |
Mississippi Department of Education |
Mississippi Superintendent of Education |
No |
2024 |
Lance Evans |
| Missouri |
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |
Missouri Commissioner of Education |
No |
2019 |
Margie Vandeven |
| 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 |
Jhone Ebert |
| 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 |
2024 |
Kevin Dehmer |
| New Mexico |
New Mexico Public Education Department |
New Mexico Secretary of Education |
No |
2022 |
Kurt Steinhaus |
| New York |
New York State Education Department |
New York State Commissioner of Education |
No |
2021 |
Betty Rosa |
| North Carolina |
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction |
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2021 |
Catherine Truitt |
| North Dakota |
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction |
North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2013 |
Kirsten Baesler |
| Ohio |
Ohio Department of Education |
Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2023 |
Paul Craft |
| Oklahoma |
Oklahoma State Department of Education |
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2023 |
Ryan Walters |
| Oregon |
Oregon Department of Education |
Oregon Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction[a] |
No |
2023 |
Charlene Williams |
| Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania Department of Education |
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education |
No |
2023 |
Khalid Mumin |
| Rhode Island |
Rhode Island Department of Education |
Rhode Island Commissioner of Education |
No |
2019 |
Angélica Infante-Green |
| 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 |
2020 |
Tiffany Sanderson |
| Tennessee |
Tennessee Department of Education |
Tennessee Commissioner of Education |
No |
2023 |
Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds |
| 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 |
2024 |
Zoie Saunders |
| Virginia |
Virginia Department of Education |
Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction |
No |
2023 |
Lisa Coons |
| 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 |
2023 |
Michele Blatt |
| Wisconsin |
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction |
Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2021 |
Jill Underly |
| Wyoming |
Wyoming Department of Education |
Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Yes |
2022 |
Brian Schroeder |
| American Samoa |
American Samoa Department of Education |
American Samoa Director of Education |
No |
2021 |
Samasoni Asaeli |
| District of Columbia |
District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education |
District of Columbia Superintendent of Education |
No |
2021 |
Christina Grant |
| Guam |
Guam Department of Education |
Guam Superintendent of Education |
No |
2016 |
Jon Fernandez |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System |
CNMI Commissioner of Education |
No |
2019 |
Alfred Ada |
| Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico Department of Education |
Puerto Rico Secretary of Education |
No |
2019 |
Eligio Hernández Pérez |
| U.S. Virgin Islands |
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Education |
U.S. Virgin Islands Commissioner of Education |
No |
2019 |
Racquel Berry-Benjamin |
