Secretary of Education

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United States Secretary of Education
File:Seal of the United States Department of Education.svg
Seal of the Department of Education
File:Flag of the United States Secretary of Education.svg
Flag of the secretary
Department of Education
StyleMr. Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)
Reports toPresident
SeatLyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, Washington, D.C.
AppointerPresident
with Senate advice and consent
Term lengthNo fixed term
Constituting instrument20 U.S.C. § 3411
FormationNovember 30, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-11-30)
First holderShirley Hufstedler
SuccessionSixteenth[1]
DeputyDeputy Secretary
SalaryExecutive Schedule, Level I
Websiteed.gov

The United States secretary of education is the head of the United States Department of Education. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States, and the federal government, on policies, programs, and activities related to all education in the United States. As a member of the Cabinet of the United States, the secretary is sixteenth in the line of succession to the presidency.[2]

The current secretary of education is Miguel Cardona, who was confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 2021.[3]

Function

The United States secretary of education is a member of the president's Cabinet and is the fifteenth in the United States presidential line of succession.[4] This secretary deals with federal influence over education policy, and heads the United States Department of Education.[5]

The secretary is advised by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, an advisory committee, on "matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education."[6]

List of secretaries

Prior to the creation of the Department of Education in 1979, Education was a division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Parties

  Democrat   Republican

Status
  Denotes an Acting Secretary of Education

Health, Education, and Welfare

No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President(s)
1 File:Hobby-Oveta-Culp.jpg Oveta Culp Hobby Texas April 11, 1953 July 31, 1955 2-year in Office Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 File:Folsom.jpg Marion B. Folsom New York August 2, 1955 July 31, 1958 4-year in office
3 File:ArthurSFlemming.jpg Arthur S. Flemming Ohio August 1, 1958 January 19, 1961 4-years in office
4 File:Ribicoff.jpg Abraham A. Ribicoff Connecticut January 21, 1961 July 13, 1962 1-year in office John F. Kennedy
5 File:Celebrez.jpg Anthony J. Celebrezze Ohio July 31, 1962 August 17, 1965 4-years in office
Lyndon B. Johnson
6 File:John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.jpg John W. Gardner California August 18, 1965 March 1, 1968 4-years in office
7 File:Wilburportrait.jpg Wilbur J. Cohen Michigan May 16, 1968 January 20, 1969 1-year and 8 months in office
8 File:Robert Finch, 1967.jpg Robert H. Finch California January 21, 1969 June 23, 1970 1-year in office Richard Nixon
9 File:ElliotLeeRichardson.jpg Elliot L. Richardson Massachusetts June 24, 1970 January 29, 1973 3-years in office
10 File:Caspar Weinberger official photo.jpg Caspar W. Weinberger California February 12, 1973 August 8, 1975 2-years in office
Gerald Ford
11 File:F. David Mathews.jpg F. David Mathews Alabama August 8, 1975 January 20, 1977 2-years in office
12 File:JAC AR 2007.jpg Joseph A. Califano Jr. District of Columbia January 25, 1977 August 3, 1979 2-years Jimmy Carter
13 File:Patricia R. Harris.jpg Patricia Roberts Harris August 3, 1979 May 4, 1980 1-year [7]

United States Secretary of Education

Source[8]

No. Portrait Name State of residence Took office Left office President
1 File:United States Secretary of Education Shirley Hufstedler at Miami-Dade Community College 1980-02-07 (cropped 2).jpg Shirley Hufstedler California November 30, 1979 January 20, 1981 2-years in office Jimmy Carter
2 File:TerrelBell.jpg Terrel Bell Utah January 22, 1981 January 20, 1985 4-years in office Ronald Reagan
File:Bill Bennett by Gage Skidmore.jpg William Bennett North Carolina February 6, 1985 September 20, 1988 4-years in office
3
4 File:Cavazos.jpg Lauro Cavazos Texas September 20, 1988 December 12, 1990 2-years in office
George H. W. Bush
– File:Portrait gray.png Ted Sanders
Acting 		Illinois December 12, 1990 March 22, 1991
5 File:Lamar Alexander black and white photo.jpg Lamar Alexander Tennessee March 22, 1991 January 20, 1993 2-years in office
6 File:Richard Riley Official Department of Education Photo.jpg Richard Riley South Carolina January 21, 1993 January 20, 2001 8-years in office Bill Clinton
7 File:Rod Paige.jpg Rod Paige Texas January 20, 2001 January 20, 2005 4-years George W. Bush
8 File:Margaret Spellings, official ed photo 3.jpg Margaret Spellings January 20, 2005 January 20, 2009 4-years in office
9 File:Arne Duncan official photo (cropped).jpg Arne Duncan[9] Illinois January 21, 2009 January 1, 2016. 7-years in office Barack Obama
10 File:John B. King official portrait (cropped2).jpg John King Jr.[9] New York January 1, 2016 March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016 January 20, 2017 10 months in office
– File:Phil Rosenfelt (cropped).jpg Phil Rosenfelt
Acting 		Virginia January 20, 2017 February 7, 2017 Donald Trump
11 File:Betsy DeVos official portrait (cropped).jpg Betsy DeVos Michigan February 7, 2017 January 8, 2021 4-years in office
– File:Mick Zais official photo (cropped).jpg Mick Zais
Acting 		South Carolina January 8, 2021 January 20, 2021
– File:Phil Rosenfelt (cropped).jpg Phil Rosenfelt
Acting 		Virginia January 20, 2021 March 2, 2021 Joe Biden
12 File:Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, official portrait (cropped).jpg Miguel Cardona Connecticut March 2, 2021 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "3 U.S. Code § 19 - Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act" (in English). https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/19. 
  2. ↑ "Order of presidential succession" (in en). https://www.usa.gov/presidential-succession. 
  3. ↑ Watson, Kathryn (March 2, 2021). "Senate confirms Miguel Cardona as education secretary" (in English). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/miguel-cardona-education-secretary-senate-confirmation/. 
  4. ↑ Wilson, Reid (October 20, 2013). "The Presidential order of succession". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/10/20/the-presidential-order-of-succession/. 
  5. ↑ "US Department of Education Principal Office Functional Statements". United States Department of Education. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/om/fs_po/osods/intro.html. 
  6. ↑ NACIQI Staff (November 23, 2016). "Welcome". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). https://sites.ed.gov/naciqi/. 
  7. ↑ Harris was Secretary on May 4, 1980, when the office changed names from Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to Secretary of Health and Human Services. Because the department merely changed names, she did not need to be confirmed again, and her term continued uninterrupted.
  8. ↑ "The Education Secretaries Miguel Cardona Would Follow" (in en). https://www.ewa.org/blog-educated-reporter/education-secretaries-miguel-cardona-would-follow. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Eilperin, Juliet; Layton, Lyndsey; Brown, Emma (October 2, 2015). "U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2015/10/02/education-secretary-arne-duncan-reportedly-will-step-down-at-end-of-year/. 

External links

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