The Connecticut State Board of Education is the governing body of the Connecticut State Department of Education

Connecticut State Department of Education

Connecticut State Department of Education is a branch of the state government of Connecticut in the United States. The agency is headquartered in the State Office Building at 165 Capitol Avenue in Hartford...

, the state education agency

State education agency

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 of Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

. The board and the department oversee public education

Public education

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 in the state

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, distribute funds to the state's 166 school district

School district

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s, and operates the Connecticut Technical High School System

Connecticut Technical High School System

The state of Connecticut funds and operates the Connecticut Technical High School System , a statewide system of 16 degree-granting technical high schools and one technical education center, serving approximately 10,200 full-time high school students with comprehensive education and training in 38...

.

The board consists of 11 members who are appointed by the governor of Connecticut with the advice and consent

Advice and consent

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 of the Connecticut General Assembly

Connecticut General Assembly

The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital, Hartford. There are no term limits for either chamber.During...

: Nine voting members are appointed to four-year terms and two nonvoting student members are appointed to serve one-year terms.

The Commissioner of Education, who serves as the secretary to the State Board, is appointed by the Board for a term coterminous with that of the Governor. The Commissioner of Higher Education serves as an ex officio nonvoting member.

Members

Connecticut State Board of Education
Member	Title
Mark K. McQuillan	Commissioner of Education
Michael P. Meotti	Commissioner of Higher Education
Allan B. Taylor	Chairperson
Janet M. Finneran	Vice Chairperson
Beverly R. Bobroske	Member
Lynne S. Farrell
William Fritz
Theresa Hopkins-Staten
Patricia B. Luke
Pamela Partridge West
John Voss
Patrick Campbell	Student member
Neha Mehta