United States Secretary of Education

Secretary of Education of the United States of America
Flag of the Secretary of Education
Seal of the Department of Education
Incumbent Arne Duncan since January 21, 2009
U.S. Department of Education
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	Sixteenth (presidential line of succession)
Deputy	Deputy Secretary of Education
Salary	Executive Schedule, level 1
Website	www.ed.gov

The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the U.S. Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession. The United States Secretary of Education deals with Education policy.

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]

The current Secretary of Education is Arne Duncan, who has held the office since January 2009.

List of Secretaries of Education

Parties

      Democratic       Republican

No.	Portrait	Name	State of Residence	Took Office	Left Office	President(s)
1		Shirley M. Hufstedler	California	November 30, 1979	January 20, 1981		Jimmy Carter
2		Terrel H. Bell	Utah	January 22, 1981	January 20, 1985		Ronald Reagan
3		William J. Bennett	North Carolina	February 6, 1985	September 20, 1988
4		Lauro F. Cavazos	Texas	September 20, 1988	December 12, 1990
							George H. W. Bush
5		Lamar Alexander	Tennessee	March 22, 1991	January 20, 1993
6		Richard W. Riley	South Carolina	January 21, 1993	January 20, 2001		Bill Clinton
7		Roderick R. Paige	Texas	January 20, 2001	January 20, 2005		George W. Bush
8		Margaret Spellings	Texas	January 20, 2005	January 20, 2009
9		Arne Duncan	Illinois	January 21, 2009	Incumbent		Barack Obama

Living Former Secretaries of Education

• Shirley Hufstedler
• William J. Bennett
• Lauro Cavazos
• Lamar Alexander
• Richard Riley
• Roderick Paige
• Margaret Spellings

References

External links

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

v t e United States Secretaries of Education Hufstedler Bell Bennett Cavazos Alexander Riley Paige Spellings Duncan

v t e Agencies under the United States Department of Education Headquarters: 400 Maryland Avenue SW (Education Department Building) Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education Anthony Miller, 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 Vocational 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