Former Flagler Schools Superintendent Jacob Oliva tapped for Arkansas education secretary

Incoming Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Oliva has 'proven himself in the fight to empower parents and implement bold education reforms under Governor @RonDeSantisFL.'

  • By The News Service of Florida
  • | 5:30 p.m. December 30, 2022
Jacob Oliva in his Flagler Schools days. File photo by Jonathan Simmons
Jacob Oliva in his Flagler Schools days. File photo by Jonathan Simmons
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Incoming Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday, Dec. 29, she will nominate Jacob Oliva, a senior chancellor at the Florida Department of Education, to become the Arkansas education secretary.

“He is a leader who has proven himself in the fight to empower parents and implement bold education reforms under Governor @RonDeSantisFL and we are ready to transform Arkansas education,” Sanders said in a Twitter post.

Oliva, a former Flagler County superintendent of schools, has worked at the Florida Department of Education since 2017 and heads the Division of Public Schools.

He was a candidate in early 2022 to become superintendent of the Miami-Dade County schools. Sanders will be inaugurated Jan. 10.

 

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