Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

The Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction is one of the constitutional offices of the State of Arizona .

The Superintendent of Public Instruction oversees the state of Arizona's public school system and directs the Arizona Department of Education. As set forth in the Arizona state constitution, this includes the provision of school places in the public school system and includes places in classes from kindergarten through high school.

The Superintendent of Public Education is an ex officio member of the Arizona Board of Regents , which oversees the state's universities.

The term of office is four years and re-election is possible.

List of Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

Arizona Territory

Term of office	Superintendent	image	Political party
1871-1877	Anson Safford		republican
1871-1878	John Philo Hoyt		republican
1878-1879	John C. Frémont		republican
1879-1882	Moses H. Sherman		republican
1883-1885	William B. Horton
1885-1886	RL Long
1887-1890	Charles M. Strauss		democrat
1890-1893	George W. Cheyney		republican
1893-1896	Frethias Jefferson Netherton		democrat
1896-1897	Thomas E. Dalton		democrat
1897-1898	Albert Powel Shewman
1899-1902	RL Long
1902-1906	Nelson G. Layton		republican
1907-1909	RL Long
1909-1912	Kirke T. Moore		republican

State of Arizona

Term of office	Superintendent	image	Political party
1912-1921	Charles O. Case		democrat
1921-1923	Elsie Toles		Republican
1923-1933	Charles O. Case		democrat
1933-1941	Herman E. Hendrix		democrat
1941-1947	ED ring		democrat
1947	Nolan D. Pulliam		democrat
1947-1949	Linne D. Klemmedson		democrat
1949-1955	ML Brooks		democrat
1955-1957	CL Harkins		democrat
1957-1959	ML Brooks		democrat
1959-1965	WW Dick		democrat
1965-1969	Sarah Folsom		Republican
1969-1975	Weldon P. Shofstall		republican
1975-1987	Carolyn Warner		Democrat
1987-1995	C. Diane Bishop		Democrat
1995-2001	Lisa Graham Keegan		Republican
2001-2003	Jaime Molera		republican
2003-2011	Tom Horne		republican
2011-2015	John Huppenthal		republican
2015-2019	Diane Douglas		Republican
since 2019	Kathy Hoffman		Democrat

literature

• Bury, John Charles: The Historical Role Of Arizona's Superintendent Of Public Instruction , Volume 1, Northern Arizona University, Dec. 1974, p. 7

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ABOUT | The Official Website of the Arizona Department of Education. (No longer available online.) In: azed.gov. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016 ; accessed on January 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Official site of the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction