Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction
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| Branch: | Executive |
| Type: | Nonpartisan |
| Selection: | Statewide election |
| Term: | 4 years |
| Authority: | Constitution |
| Established: | 1872 |
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| Name: | Susan Castillo |
| Term ends: | 2011 |
The Superintendent of Public Instruction, sometimes referred to as the State Superintendent of Schools, is a constitutional office[1] within the executive branch of the Oregon state government, and acts as administrative officer of the State Board of Education and executive head of the Department of Education. The superintendent is elected by the people of Oregon in a nonpartisan statewide ballot during the May primary in non-presidential even-numbered years. If no candidates receives a majority, the two who receive the highest number of votes face each other in a runoff the following November. The superintendent serves a term of office of four years. The incumbent is Susan Castillo.[2]
Stan Bunn, Castillo's predecessor, was found to have violated state ethics law on 1,433 counts, generally involving the use of his state-issued car and cell phone for personal use, shortly before the 2002 election.[3] Bunn ran for re-election, and Castillo defeated him in the May primary election, 55% to 15%.[4][5]
[edit] Duties
The superintendent's responsibilities include providing leadership for some 551,290 elementary and secondary students in Oregon’s 198 school districts, as well as those enrolled in public preschool programs, the state Schools for the Blind and the Deaf, programs for children with disabilities and education programs for young people in statewide juvenile corrections facilities.[2]
The superintendent has no direct control over policy, which is set by the Board of Education, which adopts rules affecting local school districts, who are ultimately responsible for establishing policy at the district level.[6] As chief administrator, however, the superintendent has considerable influence on policy through recommendation to the Board, and certification and licensing authority.[2]
As chief administrative officer for the Department of Education, the superintendent oversees state funding for schools, and makes budget recommendations to the Governor's office, subject to action by the state legislature.[2]
[edit] List of Oregon's superintendents of public instruction
The following table lists the twenty individuals who have held the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, in reverse chronological order, with dates of service:[7]
| # | Name | Term |
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| 1 | Sylvester C. Simpson | February 1872 - September 1874 |
| 2 | Levi L. Rowland | September 14, 1874 - September 9, 1878 |
| 3 | Leonard J. Powell | September 10, 1878 - September 10, 1882 |
| 4 | Ebenezer B. McElroy | September 11, 1882 - January 14, 1895 |
| 5 | George M. Irwin | January 14, 1895 - January 9, 1899 |
| 6 | John H. Ackerman | January 9, 1899 - January 3, 1911 |
| 7 | Lewis R. Alderman | January 4, 1911 - June 28, 1913 |
| 8 | Julius A. Churchill | July 1, 1913 - June 1, 1926 |
| 9 | Richard R. Turner | June 1, 1926 - January 3, 1927 |
| 10 | Charles A. Howard | January 3, 1927 - September 1, 1937 |
| 11 | Rex Putnam | September 1, 1937 - January 31, 1961 |
| 12 | Leon P. Minear | February 1, 1961 - March 31, 1968 |
| 13 | Jesse Fassold | April 1, 1968 - July 1, 1968 |
| 14 | Dale Parnell | July 1, 1968 - April 1, 1974 |
| 15 | Jesse Fassold | April 1, 1974 - January 6, 1975 |
| 16 | Verne Duncan | January 6, 1975 - November 15, 1989 |
| 17 | John Erickson | December 18, 1989 - September 30, 1990 |
| 18 | Norma Paulus | October 1, 1990 - January 3, 1999 |
| 19 | Stan Bunn | January 4, 1999 - January 5, 2003 |
| 20 | Susan Castillo | January 6, 2003 - Present |
[edit] References
- ^ OR Const. art. VIII.
- ^ a b c d Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo (HTML). Oregon Blue Book (Online). Oregon Secretary of State (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
- ^ Steves, David. "Commission finds Bunn violated state ethics law", The Register-Guard, January 23, 2002.
- ^ May, 2002 election results from Oregon Secretary of State
- ^ Sullivan, Julie. "Bunn battles for family name", The Oregonian, April 7, 2002.
- ^ "Why have this position?", The Register-Guard, August 28, 2005, pp. 2B.
- ^ Superintendents - Past and Present (HTML). Oregon Department of Education (official website). ODE (2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
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