Florida Commissioner of Education

	Florida Commissioner of Education
	; ;
	General information
Office Type:	Non-partisan
Office website:	Official Link
2013-2014 FY Budget:	$22,095,398,530
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	Serves at the pleasure of the Florida Board of Education
Authority:	Florida Statutes, 1001.10
Selection Method:	Appointed by the Florida Board of Education
	Current Officeholder
	; ;
Name:	Tony Bennett
Assumed office:	January 14, 2013
Compensation:	$275,00
	Other Florida Executive Offices
	Governor•Lieutenant Governor•Secretary of State•Attorney General•Chief Financial Officer•Commissioner of Education•Agriculture Commissioner•Insurance Commissioner•Environmental Protection Secretary•Economic Opportunity Director•Public Service Commission

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Current officeholder

The current commissioner of education is Tony Bennett. Bennett unanimously won appointment as the next Education Commissioner of Florida on December 12, 2012, and took office on January 14, 2013. Bennett lost his 2012 re-election bid for Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction.^[1]^[2]

Authority

The office of commissioner of education is mentioned in the state constitution, but is formally established by state law.^[3]

Florida Statutes, 1001.10

The Commissioner of Education is the chief educational officer of the state and the sole custodian of the K-20 data warehouse...

Qualifications

There are no particular qualifications associated with the office of education commissioner.

Appointments

Per the Florida Constitution, the commissioner is appointed by the Florida Board of Education, the state agency charged with establishing policy for the Florida's public education programs. Neither the constitution nor state law specify a term for the commissioner, suggesting he serves at the board's pleasure.

Florida Constitution, Article IX, Section 2

The state board of education shall appoint the commissioner of education.

In September 2011, a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment to make the education commissioner an elected office was proposed for inclusion on the state's November 2012 ballot. The proposed amendment must first be approved by 60% of the Senate and House.

Term limits

There are no term limits associated with the office of commissioner of education.

Vacancies

There is no particular procedure for dealing with vacancies in the office of commissioner.

Duties

State law establishes the commissioner as Florida's "chief educational officer" and gives him administrative authority of the Florida Department of Education, the agency responsible for managing the state's K-20 educational programs. The commissioner's bailiwick includes elementary and secondary schools, as well as combination and adult schools.

The commissioner is required to organize the Department of Education and oversee its staff, act as custodian of the state's K-20 educational data warehouse, and assist the State Board of Education "in enforcing compliance with the mission and goals of the K-20 system."^[3]

Divisions

Florida Colleges
Public Schools
Career & Adult Education
Accountability, Research & Management
Finance and Operations
Vocational Rehabilitation
Blind Services^[4]

State budget

The budget for the Office of the Commissioner of Education in Fiscal Year 2013-2014 was $22,095,398,530.^[5]

Compensation

In 2010, the commissioner of education received a salary of $275,000, the third highest education commissioner/state superintendent salary in the United States.

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