Puerto Rico Department of Education

Department of Education of Puerto Rico
Agency overview

Formed	April 12, 1900 (1900-04-12)
Preceding agency	Department of Public Instruction of Puerto Rico
Type	Executive department
Jurisdiction	Executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico
Headquarters	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Employees	75,000
Annual budget	$3.5 billion USD
Agency executive	Rafael Román, Secretary of Education
Key documents	Foraker Act Law No. 149 of 1999 Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico
Website	www.de.gobierno.pr

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The Department of Education of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico) is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible of managing state-operated schools in Puerto Rico as well as its education system and curricula.^[1] The department is the result of a United States state department of education and only one of two in the United States composed of a single school district. It is also the largest agency of the executive branch of Puerto Rico with an annual budget of more than $3.5 billion USD and over 72,000 staff—including more than 41,000 teachers.^[2]^[3] The department is also the third largest school district in the United States by enrollment with over 473,000 students and over 1,500 schools.^[4]^[5]

The department was formerly known as the Department of Public Instruction of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Departamento de Instrucción Pública de Puerto Rico).

School uniforms

The department requires all students to wear school uniforms and only disallows them for medical exemptions.^[6]

Secretaries

Main articles: Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico and List of Secretaries of Education of Puerto Rico

1900–1902: Martin G. Brumbaugh
1902–1904: Samuel McCune Lindsay
1904–1907: Ronald R. Falkner
1907–1912: Edwin G. Dexter
1912–1915: Edward M. Bainter
1915–1921: Paul G. Miller
1921–1929: Juan B. Huyke
1930–1936: José Padín
1937–1937: H. A. Martin
1937–1945: José M. Gallardo
1946–1947: Mariano Villaronga Toro
1947–1948: Francisco Collazo
1949–1957: Mariano Villaronga Toro
1957–1960: Efraín Sánchez Hidalgo
1960–1964: Cándido Oliveras
1965–1968: Ángel Quintero Alfaro
1969–1971: Ramón Mellado Parsons
1972–1972: Tania Viera
1973–1973: Celeste Benítez
1973–1976: Ramón A. Cruz Aponte
1977–1977: Herman Sulsona
1977–1980: Carlos E. Chardón
1980–1984: María Socorro Lacot
1985–1988: Awilda Aponte Roque
1989–1989: Rafael Cartagena
1989–1991: José Lema Moya
1991–1992: Celeste Benítez Rivera
1993–1993: Annabelle Padilla Rodríguez
1993–1994: José Arsenio Torres
1994–2000: Víctor Fajardo
2001–2004: César Rey Hernández
2005–2005: Adalexis Ríos Orlandi
2005–2005: Gloria Baquero Lleras
2005–2008: Rafael Aragunde Torres
2009–2009: Carlos E. Chardón
2009–2010: Odette Piñeiro Caballero
2010–2011: Jesús Rivera Sánchez
2011–2013: Edward Moreno
2013–present: Rafael Román Meléndez

References

↑ "Data for the Biennial Report to Congress on Violence and Drug Use in Elementary and Secondary Schools in Puerto Rico." Puerto Rico Department of Education
↑ ¿Cómo negociar con el Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico? (in Spanish), Department of Education of Puerto Rico, retrieved August 5, 2013, El Departamento de Educación es la agencia más grande de toda la Rama Ejecutiva del Gobierno del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Esta agencia cuenta con alrededor de setenta y dos mil (72,000) empleados, distribuidos en 1,538 escuelas, ochenta y cuatro (84) distritos escolares, diez (10) regiones educativas y una oficina central.
↑ Presupuesto Aprobado 2012–2013 Departamento de Educación (in Spanish), Office of Management and Budget of Puerto Rico, retrieved August 5, 2013
↑ Sable, Jennifer; Plotts, Chris; Mitchell, Lindsey; Chen, Chen-Su (November 2010), Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2008–09 (PDF), Institute of Education Sciences, retrieved August 5, 2013
↑ Miller, Gary; Lugo, Ariel (June 2009), Guide to the Ecological Systems of Puerto Rico. (PDF), International Institute of Tropical Forestry, retrieved August 4, 2013, ... making it the third largest school district in the United States.
↑ Reglamento de Estudiantes (PDF) (in Spanish), Department of Education of Puerto Rico, retrieved March 22, 2009

External links

Departamento de Educación del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Spanish)

Executive departments of the government of Puerto Rico

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Federal district	Washington, D.C.

Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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