This meeting was noticed on the agency’s web site and to the media through the agency’s state-wide media distribution list. The resignation of the Commissioner of Education, Gerard Robinson, on July 31, 2012, created an immediate danger to public ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

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

DATE AND TIME: August 2, 2012, 7:00 a.m.

PLACE: Conference Call: 1(866)372-5781, Conference ID: 17407264

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 resignation of the Commissioner of Education, Gerard Robinson, on July 31, 2012, created an immediate danger to public welfare. 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 purpose of the meeting was to appoint an interim Commissioner and to discuss the process for searching for the next Commissioner of Education.

The action of the Board was to unanimously appoint Pam Stewart, current Chancellor of Public Schools, as the interim Commissioner and to direct the Department of Education to begin the process of identifying a search firm that can assist in the identification of candidates for the next Commissioner of Education.

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

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