Rick Scott Says Making Education Commissioner an Elected Official Makes it Too Political | Scathing Purple Musings

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Rick Scott Says Making Education Commissioner an Elected Official Makes it Too Political

by Bob Sikes

http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.htmlProponents of Florida’s public schools reflexively take the opposite side of any position Rick Scott takes on education policy. If Rick Scott thinks that making education commissioner an elected official again is a bad idea, its a good idea.

Although some lawmakers have filed bills to place the Education Commissioner position back in the Cabinet as an elected official, Gov. Rick Scott isn’t having it.

He said Wednesday putting the Education Commissioner in the Cabinet and having it be a statewide elected position, as it was before a Cabinet shakeup in 2002, would make the post too