Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders tapped Jacob Oliva, a senior Chancellor with the Florida Department of Education — “where he has been a leader implementing Governor DeSantis’ parental rights policies and bold education reforms” — to head up the Department of Education.
As reported in the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record, “Sanders touted Oliva’s “proven success increasing student achievement” and said in a statement that “we will expand access to quality education for every kid growing up in our state, empower parents, not government bureaucrats, and prepare students for the workforce, not government dependency.”
Oliva replaces former lawmaker Johnny Key, who headed up the Education Department in one capacity or another since 2015.
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