Florida State Senator Approved as Next Education Commissioner

Florida State Senator Approved as Next Education Commissioner
Florida state Sen. Manny Diaz discusses his Senate Bill 7030 dealing with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission in the Senate in Tallahassee on April 23, 2019. Phil Sears/AP Photo
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Republican state Sen. Manny Diaz was unanimously approved by the Florida State Board of Education to be the new commissioner of education. He is also the first Hispanic commissioner of education in Florida’s history. He will replace outgoing commissioner Richard Corcoran on June 1.

Diaz has said that he will be involved in the upcoming special session of the Legislature where lawmakers will address Florida’s failing property insurance market before he takes the reins at the Department of Education.