Commissioner of Education Floyd T. Christian federal program files, 1966-1973.

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Commissioner of Education Floyd T. Christian federal program files, 1966-1973.

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The series contains the federal program files of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Commissioner of Education Floyd T. Christian from 1966 to 1973. The records include correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, and other materials relating to federal education programs in Florida. Among the programs covered are the National Defense Education Act, the Economic Opportunity Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

4.50 cubic ft.

Florida State Archive

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Florida. State Dept. of Education.

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Florida. Dept. of Education.

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The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction was created by the 1868 Constitution. In the 1885 Constitution, the Superintendent became an elected official. The Superintendent headed the Dept. of Public Instruction (1869-1938) and the State Dept. of Education (1939-1968). Under the 1968 Constitution, the name was changed to Commissioner of Education and the position became one of the elected Cabinet posts. The Commissioner heads the Dept. of Education and serves as chief st...

Christian, Floyd T., 1914-

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Floyd T. Christian was born in Alabama on December 18, 1914, and moved to Pinellas County with his family in 1927. He received an AB degree from the University of Florida in 1937 and a Master's degree in Education from UF in 1950. He served as Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction/Commissioner of Education from 1965 to 1973. Christian started his career in education in 1937 as a teacher and coach at Clearwater High School and as coach at Ft. Myers High School from...