StateGubernatorial ElectionState Chief ElectionState Board of Education
AlabamaYesNo – Elected Board Appoints ChiefYes
AlaskaYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
ArizonaYesYesNo – Governor Appoints Board
ArkansasYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
CaliforniaYesYesNo – Governor Appoints Board
ColoradoYesNo – Elected Board Appoints ChiefYes
ConnecticutYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
FloridaYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
GeorgiaYesYesNo – Governor Appoints Board
HawaiiYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
IdahoYesYesNo – Governor Appoints Board
IllinoisYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
IowaYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
KansasYesNo – Elected Board Appoints ChiefYes
MaineYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
MarylandYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
MassachusettsYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
MichiganYesNo – Elected Board Appoints ChiefYes
MinnesotaYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo State Board
NebraskaYesNo – Elected Board Appoints ChiefYes
NevadaYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Board Election in 2024; Select members appointed
New HampshireYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
New MexicoYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefYes
New YorkYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Legislature Appoints Board
OhioYesNo – Elected and Appointed Board Appoints ChiefYes
OklahomaYesYesNo – Governor Appoints Board
OregonYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
PennsylvaniaYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
Rhode IslandYesNo – Appointed Board Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
South CarolinaYesYesNo – Legislature Appoints Board
South DakotaYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
TennesseeYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
TexasYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefYes
VermontYesNo – Governor Appoints ChiefNo – Governor Appoints Board
WisconsinYesNo – Chief Election in 2025No State Board
WyomingYesYesNo – Governor Appoints Board
District of ColumbiaNoNo – Mayor Appoints ChiefYes
UtahNoNo – Elected Board Appoints ChiefYes