Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

The agency is bound by the Washington State Legislature to implement state laws regarding education, including the 1993 education reform act which mandated the controversial WASL standards based assessment.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction is sixth (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, and Attorney General, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Washington.

[1] The current Superintendent of Public Instruction is Chris Reykdal.

Like all members of executive branch, the Superintendent of Public Instruction was established as a partisan position by the Washington State Constitution in 1889.

[2][3] Pearl Wanamaker became the first nonpartisan superintendent when she was elected in November 1940.