TAMPA Fla.
A current state education chancellor and two New York administrators with Florida ties were selected Tuesday as finalists for state education commissioner.
The finalists selected by the Florida Board of Education included Cheri Pierson Yecke, the state’s K-12 chancellor of education and former Minnesota education commissioner; Eric J. Smith, a senior vice president with the College Board in New York City; and Joseph Marinelli, a district superintendent for five New York state districts.
The state’s education commissioner heads the Department of Education, overseeing public schools, pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as community colleges.
