• Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Sanders has nominated a Florida Department of Education official for secretary of education as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s influence in conservative education policy grows.
• Sanders, who served as White House press secretary for then-President Donald Trump and was elected governor of Arkansas in November, has tapped Florida Department of Education Chancellor Jacob Oliva as Arkansas’s next secretary of education.
• “I am proud to announce that Jacob Oliva will be my nominee for Secretary of Education,” Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, wrote in a tweet Thursday. “He is a leader who has proven himself in the fight to empower parents and implement bold education reforms under Governor Ron DeSantis and we are ready to transform Arkansas education.”

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