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State education agency
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A state education agency or state department of education is the state-level government organization within each U.S. state or territory responsible for education, including providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educational matters to schools and residents.
In all states but Hawaii, primary and secondary education (collectively known as K–12) are provided by school districts, while the state education agency handles only matters of statewide concern such as curriculum standards. In Hawaii and all inhabited federal territories, the state education agency or the equivalent territorial government agencies are responsible for directly operating primary and secondary schools.
States use different titles to refer to their executive of their state education agency, among them: secretary, superintendent, commissioner, and director.[1]
Thirteen states choose the head of their education agency through a partisan election. Four states hold nonpartisan elections to choose the agency head: California, North Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin. The 33 remaining states appoint their education agency executive, whether the appointment be done by the governor, state school board, legislature, or some combination of factors.
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State education agencies (SEAs)
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The following are state education agencies as identified by the Council of Chief State School Officers.
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See also
- National Association of State Boards of Education, United States
- No Child Left Behind, United States federal law
- School district
- Standardized test
Notes
- Under state law, the governor of Oregon serves as the superintendent of public Instruction ex officio, but the deputy superintendent is the director of the Oregon Department of Education
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