Arkansas Department of Education

Arkansas Department of Education
Agency overview
FormedReorganized 2019 (Founded 1931)
Jurisdiction Arkansas
HeadquartersFour Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
Annual budgetIncrease US$5,199,164,655 [2]
Agency executives
  • Jacob Oliva, Secretary
  • Ivy Pfeffer, Deputy Commissioner, DESE
  • Stacy Smith, Deputy Commissioner, DESE
  • Ross White, Director, DTCE
  • Dr. Maria Markham, Director, ADHE
Websitehttps://ade.arkansas.gov/

The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) is a cabinet-level agency of the Arkansas state government overseeing public education for K-12, higher education institutions, and career and technical education.

The ADE also contains the Arkansas State Library, the Arkansas School for the Deaf, Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission.

  1. ^ Staff of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (2022). "State of Arkansas Appropriation Summary" (PDF). 2022 Budget. Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Fiscal Year 2022[1]