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.