Frank Brogan, the former Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) chancellor is President Donald Trump’s nominee to assume the role of assistant secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Under this position, Brogan would advise Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. He is currently awaiting approval from Senate, according to PennLive.
Along with being Trump’s nominee, Brogan is now the assistant secretary of postsecondary education for the U.S. Department of Education.
He will manage the Office of International and Foreign Language Education and the Office of Policy, Planning and Innovation.
In addition, he is the acting principal deputy secretary of the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. With this position, he works with planning, evaluation, policy development and budget activities, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
After announcing his retirement in July 2017, Brogan left PASSHE in September where he oversaw 14 state-owned universities for four years.
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