State Board of Education.  The 16-member State Board of Education (SBE) is comprised of five members elected by geographic regions by school board directors, one member elected by private school directors, seven members appointed by the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and two non-voting student members selected in a manner determined by the SBE.
 
The SBE has various duties and powers prescribed in statute, including:

• providing advocacy and strategic oversight of public education;
• establishing high school graduation requirements or equivalencies;
• identifying scores students must meet to achieve standards on statewide assessments; and
• approving and accrediting private schools according to requirements established by the SBE.

 
All members except the student members are voting members.  Eight voting members of the Board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

All members of the SBE are considered voting members, including student members.  The quorum requirement for the transaction of business is changed from eight voting members to nine members.

A student member must excuse themself from voting on matters directly relating to graduation requirement changes that apply to the student's school and graduating class.  If a student member excuses themself, eight voting members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.