United States Secretary of Education

Secretary of Education of the United States of America
Seal of the Department of Education
Flag of the Secretary of Education
Incumbent John King since January 1, 2016 Acting: January 1, 2016 – March 14, 2016
United States Department of Education
Style	Mr. Secretary
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	The President
Seat	Washington, D.C.
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	20 U.S.C. § 3411
Formation	November 30, 1979
First holder	Shirley Hufstedler
Succession	Fifteenth in the United States Presidential Line of Succession
Deputy	Deputy Secretary of Education
Salary	Executive Schedule, level 1
Website	www.ed.gov

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The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the U.S. Department of Education, and takes advice, and proposes and executes legislation that deals with federal influence over Education policy. As a member of the President's Cabinet, this Secretary is fifteenth in line of United States presidential line of succession.

Function

The United States Secretary of Education is a member of the President's Cabinet, the fifteenth in line of United States presidential line of succession. This Secretary deals with federal influence over Education policy, and heads the U.S. Department of Education.

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."^[1]

Current and future Secretaries

As of March 14, 2016 the Secretary of Education is John King, Jr.. He had been Acting Secretary since January 1, 2016.^[2]

On November 23, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump announced Betsy DeVos to be his designee for Secretary of Education.^[3]

Lists, Secretaries of Education

All former Secretaries

Parties

Democratic Republican

Status

Denotes an Acting Secretary of Education

No.	name	State of Residence	Took Office	Left Office
1	Shirley Hufstedler	California	November 30, 1979	January 20, 1981	Jimmy Carter
2	Terrel Bell	Utah	January 22, 1981	January 20, 1985	Ronald Reagan
3	William Bennett	New York	February 6, 1985	September 20, 1988
4	Lauro Cavazos	Texas	September 20, 1988	December 12, 1990
4	Lauro Cavazos	Texas	September 20, 1988	December 12, 1990	George H. W. Bush
-	Ted Sanders (acting)	Illinois	December 12, 1990	March 22, 1991
5	Lamar Alexander	Tennessee	March 22, 1991	January 20, 1993
6	Richard Riley	South Carolina	January 21, 1993	January 20, 2001	Bill Clinton
7	Rod Paige	Texas	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2005	George W. Bush
8	Margaret Spellings	Texas	January 20, 2005	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
9	Arne Duncan^[2]	Illinois	January 21, 2009	January 1, 2016	Barack Obama
10	John King, Jr.^[2]	New York	January 1, 2016	March 14, 2016
10	John King, Jr.^[2]	New York	March 14, 2016	January, 2017
11	Betsy DeVos^[3]	Michigan	January 2017 Pending Senate confirmation	Designate	Donald Trump

Living former Secretaries

As of December 2016, there are seven living former Secretaries of Education, the oldest being Lauro Cavazos (served 1988–1990, born 1927). The most recent Secretary of Education to die was Shirley Hufstedler (served 1979–1981, born 1925) on March 30, 2016. The most recently serving Secretary to die was Terrel Bell (served 1981-1985, born 1921) on June 22, 1996.

Name	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
William Bennett	1985–1988	(1943-07-31) July 31, 1943
Lauro Cavazos	1988–1990	(1927-01-04) January 4, 1927
Lamar Alexander	1991–1993	(1940-07-06) July 6, 1940
Richard Riley	1993–2001	(1933-01-02) January 2, 1933
Rod Paige	2001–2005	(1933-06-17) June 17, 1933
Margaret Spellings	2005–2009	(1957-11-30) November 30, 1957
Arne Duncan^[2]	2009–2016	(1964-11-06) November 6, 1964

References

↑ NACIQI Staff (November 23, 2016). "Welcome". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). Retrieved November 23, 2016.
1 2 3 4 Eilperin, Juliet; Layton, Lyndsey & Brown, Emma (October 2, 2015). "U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
1 2 Hensley-Clancy, Molly (November 23, 2016). "Trump Picks Betsy DeVos As Education Secretary". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.

External links

"ED Staff Organization: Management Offices". U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved April 11, 2007. - Includes the Secretary of Education

United States presidential line of succession
Preceded by Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz	15th in line	Succeeded by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald

United States Secretaries of Education

Hufstedler Bell Bennett Cavazos Alexander Riley Paige Spellings Duncan King DeVos (Nominee)

Agencies under the United States Department of Education

Headquarters: 400 Maryland Avenue SW (Education Department Building) John King, Jr., Secretary of Education James Cole Jr., Acting Deputy Secretary of Education

Secretary of Education	Office for Civil Rights Institute of Education Sciences

Deputy Secretary of Education	Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Office of Innovation and Improvement Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Office of English Language Acquisition Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Under Secretary of Education	Office of Federal Student Aid Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education Office of Postsecondary Education White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Programs	National Center for Education Statistics National Library of Education National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Office of Migrant Education Education Resources Information Center National Assessment of Educational Progress

Independent organizations	Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance National Institute for Literacy National Assessment Governing Board National Board for Education Sciences White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics

Leaders of the United States federal executive departments

Current	Agriculture Commerce Defense Education Energy Health and Human Services Homeland Security Housing and Urban Development Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Veterans Affairs

Past	Commerce and Labor Health, Education, and Welfare Navy Post Office War

Presidential Line of Succession in the United States of America

Vice President (Joe Biden) Speaker of the House of Representatives (Paul Ryan) President pro tempore of the Senate (Orrin Hatch) Secretary of State (John Kerry) Secretary of the Treasury (Jack Lew) Secretary of Defense (Ash Carter) Attorney General (Loretta Lynch) Secretary of the Interior (^{[lower-alpha 1]}) Secretary of Agriculture (Tom Vilsack) Secretary of Commerce (Penny Pritzker) Secretary of Labor (Tom Perez) Secretary of Health and Human Services (Sylvia Mathews Burwell) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Julián Castro) Secretary of Transportation (Anthony Foxx) Secretary of Energy (Ernest Moniz) Secretary of Education (John King) Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Bob McDonald) Secretary of Homeland Security (Jeh Johnson)

↑ Sally Jewell is the current Secretary of the Interior, she is not a natural-born citizen (acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization) and thus ineligible for the Presidency.

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