The secretary of education is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. The office is currently held by Jeffrey O. Smith who serves under Governor Abigail Spanberger.
Duties The Secretary oversees all education in Virginia, and oversees the following agencies and institutions:
Virginia Department of Education Virginia PTA Virginia Career Education Foundation The State Council for Higher Education in Virginia Virginia Early Childhood Foundation Virginia Community College System
List of secretaries of education +#NameStart dateEnd dateGovernor(s)1Earl J. Shiflet19721974Linwood HoltonActingCarter O. Lowance19741976Mills Godwin2Robert R. Ramsey197619783J. Wade Gilley19781982John N. Dalton4John T. Casteen III19821985Chuck Robb5Donald Finley1985198619861990Gerald Baliles6James W. Dyke, Jr.19901993Douglas Wilder7Karen J. Petersen1993January 19948Beverly SgroJanuary 1994January 1998George Allen9Wilbert BryantJanuary 1998December 4, 2001Jim Gilmore10Cheri YeckeDecember 4, 2001January 14, 200211Belle WheelanJanuary 14, 2002July 22, 2005Mark Warner12Peter A. BlakeJuly 22, 2005January 14, 200613Thomas R. MorrisJanuary 14, 2006January 16, 2010Tim Kaine14Gerard RobinsonJanuary 16, 2010June 21, 2011Bob McDonnell15Laura FornashAugust 1, 2011November 201316Javaid SiddiqiNovember 2013January 11, 201417Anne HoltonJanuary 11, 2014July 25, 2016Terry McAuliffe18Dietra TrentJuly 26, 2016January 13, 201819Atif QarniJanuary 13, 2018November 24, 2021Ralph Northam20Fran BradfordNovember 24, 2021January 15, 202221Aimee GuideraJanuary 15, 2022January 17, 2026Glenn Youngkin22Jeffrey O. SmithJanuary 17, 2026presentAbigail Spanberger
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