JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.– The next head of Missouri’s education department will be Republican state Sen. Karla Eslinger of Wasola, a former teacher, principal, and school district superintendent whose first day on the job will be in mid-2024, officials said Tuesday.
Eslinger will remain as a state senator through the 2024 legislative session before taking over as commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education effective June 1, according to a news release from the state. The current commissioner, Margie Vandeven, announced in October that she would leave the post in June.
Republican Gov. Mike Parson called Eslinger “a tenacious leader who has a vision that will continue to move the needle forward in our Missouri schools.”
Eslinger was elected to the Missouri House in 2018 and to the state Senate in 2020. She has also previously worked as an assistant commissioner for the state education department. Vandeven has served two stints as education commission, from 2015 through 2017, and since January 2019.
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