Department of Education
Agency Titles
344 titles in this agency.
Approximately 4105 positions* in this agency.
The State Education Department (SED) is governed by a 16-member Board of Regents, who are elected to seven-year terms by the Legislature and who, in turn, appoint the Commissioner of Education. The Education Department has overall coordinating responsibility for all public and private systems of elementary, secondary, continuing, and higher education in the State, the licensed professions, public libraries and library systems, the State Library and the State Archives, museums, historical societies, and the State Museum, nursery schools, public television and radio stations; and vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities.
* The number of approximate positions in GOT-IT are the total positions, both filled and vacant.