Commissioner of Education Betty Castor administrative files, 1987-1991.

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Commissioner of Education Betty Castor administrative files, 1987-1991.

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This series contains the administrative files of Commissioner of Education Betty Castor from 1987 to 1990. It documents the activities of the Commissioner of Education as chief educational officer of Florida's public school system, from kindergarten to graduate school.

67 cubic ft.

Florida State Archive

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Florida State Archive

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Castor, Betty, 1941-

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Former president, University of South Florida. Born in Glassboro, N.J. in 1941, moved to Florida in 1966; Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners, 1972-1976; chair, 1975-1976; state senator, 1976-1978, 1982-1986; Commissioner. Florida Department of Education, 1986-1993; first female president, University of South Florida, 1994-1999; president, National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, 1999. From the description of [Papers] 1962-1999. (University o...

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...