This meeting was noticed on the agency’s web site and to the media through the agency’s state-wide media distribution list. The purpose of the emergency conference call was to consider extending the deadline for applications for the position of ...

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

The State Board of Education held an emergency meeting by conference call.

DATE AND TIME: September 25, 2012, 8:00 a.m.

PLACE: Conference Call: 1–866–372-5781, Conference ID 32451122.

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This meeting was noticed on the agency’s web site and to the media through the agency’s state-wide media distribution list. The purpose of the emergency conference call was to consider extending the deadline for applications for the position of Commissioner of Education beyond the September 27, 2012, scheduled end date. The Commissioner of Education is the chief education officer for the state whose duties include advising the State Board of Education on all matters pertaining to the education of all public school students in Florida. The need to timely complete the search for the Commissioner of Education created an immediate danger to public welfare. As such, an emergency meeting was necessary to address the extension.

The action of the Board was to unanimously extend the deadline for applications for the position of Commissioner of Education to November 30, 2012 and to approve the following timeline: December 1, 2012, Ray and Associates will contact each member individually to discuss the recommendation of the finalists and all activities previously scheduled to begin on October 2, 2012, will begin on December 1, 2012; December 4, 2012, the names of the finalists will be made public; The activities scheduled for October 9, 2012, shall begin on December 9, 2012; December 11, 2012, finalists will be interviewed by the Board in a public meeting in Tampa; and

December 12, 2012, the Board will vote to choose the next Commissioner of Education.

A copy of the audio archive may be obtained by contacting: Department of Education’s website at: http://www.fldoe.org/board/meetings/.

For more information, you may contact: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education at [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail].