The Illinois State Superintendent of Education, often shortened to State Superintendent, is a statewide government office in the U.S. state of Illinois.
The State Superintendent is nominated by the Governor of Illinois and serves at the pleasure of the Illinois State Board of Education. Since at least 2007, the superintendent is hired at the beginning of a new gubernatorial term after the governor appoints the State Board of Education. The State Superintendent is the chief education officer of the state, and the chief executive officer of the State Board of Education, but is prohibited from being a member of the board.[1]
From 1851 to 1975, the role was an elected statewide office,[citation needed] the Superintendent of Public Instruction; the old name is still referred to in some laws.[2]Following the inaugural appointment of Ninian Wirt Edwards, the office was an elected position.[citation needed] The powers and duties of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction were transferred to the Illinois State Board of Education on January 12, 1975.[3]
The current officeholder is Dr. Carmen I. Ayala. Ayala is the first Latina and female to hold the position on a full-time basis.[4]
^"New state superintendent is first woman, person of color to hold the job". 28 February 2019.
^"State Board of Education". Illinois State Board of Education. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
^Rado, Diane; Hellmann, Jessie (April 15, 2015). "Illinois board of education names new leader, OKs severance deal for Koch". Chicago Tribune (online ed.). Retrieved 2017-11-20.
^Rhodes, Dusty (27 February 2019). "All New Leadership At State Board Of Education". www.nprillinois.org. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
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illinois, state, superintendent, education, often, shortened, state, superintendent, statewide, government, office, state, illinois, state, superintendent, nominated, governor, illinois, serves, pleasure, illinois, state, board, education, since, least, 2007, . The Illinois State Superintendent of Education often shortened to State Superintendent is a statewide government office in the U S state of Illinois The State Superintendent is nominated by the Governor of Illinois and serves at the pleasure of the Illinois State Board of Education Since at least 2007 the superintendent is hired at the beginning of a new gubernatorial term after the governor appoints the State Board of Education The State Superintendent is the chief education officer of the state and the chief executive officer of the State Board of Education but is prohibited from being a member of the board 1 From 1851 to 1975 the role was an elected statewide office citation needed the Superintendent of Public Instruction the old name is still referred to in some laws 2 Following the inaugural appointment of Ninian Wirt Edwards the office was an elected position citation needed The powers and duties of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction were transferred to the Illinois State Board of Education on January 12 1975 3 The current officeholder is Dr Carmen I Ayala Ayala is the first Latina and female to hold the position on a full time basis 4 Contents 1 List of office holders 1 1 Elected 1 2 Appointed 1975 present 2 ReferencesList of office holders editThis section has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items September 2014 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Illinois State Superintendent news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Elected edit Ninian Wirt Edwards 1854 1857 William H Powell 1857 1859 Newton Bateman 1859 1863 John P Brooks 1863 1865 Newton Bateman 1865 1875 Samuel M Etter 1875 1879 James P Slade 1879 1883 Henry Raab 1883 1887 Richard Edwards 1887 1891 Henry Raab 1891 1895 Samuel Inglis 1895 1898 Joseph H Freeman 1898 1899 Alfred Bayliss 1899 1907 Francis G Blair 1907 1935 John A Wieland 1935 1943 Vernon L Nickell 1943 1959 George T Wilkins 1959 1963 Ray Page 1963 1971 Michael Bakalis 1971 1975 Appointed 1975 present edit Joseph Cronin 1975 1980 Donald Gill 1981 1984 Ted Sanders 1985 1989 Robert Leininger 1990 1994 Mary Jane Broncato 1994 temporary Joseph Spagnolo 1994 1998 Glen Max McGee 1998 2001 Ernest Wish 2002 1 month Respico Vazquez 2002 temporary Robert Schiller 2002 2004 Randy Dunn 2004 2006 Christopher Koch 2006 2015 5 Tony Smith from 2015 to 2019 6 Dr Carmen I Ayala 2019 Present 7 References edit School Code 105 ILCS 5 1A 4 B as of 2009 01 01 See for example Southern Illinois University Management Act 110 ILCS 520 2 School Code 105 ILCS 5 1A 4 C as of 2009 01 01 New state superintendent is first woman person of color to hold the job 28 February 2019 State Board of Education Illinois State Board of Education Retrieved September 3 2014 Rado Diane Hellmann Jessie April 15 2015 Illinois board of education names new leader OKs severance deal for Koch Chicago Tribune online ed Retrieved 2017 11 20 Rhodes Dusty 27 February 2019 All New Leadership At State Board Of Education www nprillinois org Retrieved 2019 08 12 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Illinois State Superintendent amp oldid 1150055443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
