California State Superintendent of Public Instruction

The State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) of California is the nonpartisan (originally partisan) elected executive officer of the California Department of Education. The SPI directs all functions of the Department of Education and executes policies set by the California State Board of Education. Superintendents serve four-year terms, serves as the state’s chief spokesperson for public schools, provides education policy and direction to local school districts, and also serves as an ex officio member of governing boards of the state’s higher education system. The current Superintendent of Public Instruction is Tom Torlakson.

List of California State Superintendent of Public Instruction

See also

• "A History of the California State Department of Education, 1900–1967"(undated)^[1]
• "The 'Department of Public Instruction' Before 1921" (undated)^[2]
• "The Jones Report and the Department of Education, 1921—1927" (undated)^[3]
• "Departmental Change and Growth Through the Years of Depression and War, 1927—1945" (undated)^[4]
• "The Strayer Report and the Reorganization of the Department, 1945-1963" (undated)^[5]
• "The State Superintendent of Public Instruction--A report on the history of the office in the State of California, and a review of the recent trends in the other 49 states" (1963)^[6]
• "The Little Reports and Reappraisal, 1963—1967" (1967)^[7]
• "The State of Our Schools - Who's in charge of education?" (Editorial), The San Fancisco Chronicle, December 22, 2002, p. E4^[8]
• California Department of Education
• California State Board of Education

People

• G. Vernon Bennett, Los Angeles City Council member, 1935–49, ran for state superintendent of public instruction

References

External links

• Executive Office of the California Department of Education
• Historical Documents