 The State Superintendent also serves as a member of the Land Board, the State Library Commission, and as an "ex officio" non-voting member of the Board of Public Education, the Board of Regents for the University System, and the Board of Education.Elsie Arntzen was elected Superintendent of the Montana Office of Public Instruction on November 8, 2016 and was sworn into office on January 2, 2017.Arntzen was previously a state legislator for 12 years and teacher in the Billings School District for 23 years.