Frank Brogan, who recently announced that he was stepping down as the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is a leading contender for a position at the U.S. Department of Education, multiple sources told Education Week.

Brogan's nomination to a federal Education Department post isn't official, sources told Education Week. But he's said to be among a group of potential education appointees being vetted by the White House.

No comment was available, either from Brogan or a department spokeswoman.

Brogan served as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's lieutenant governor from 1999 to 2003 and also has been a teacher, principal, and superintendent of schools in Florida's Martin County.

He said in mid-July that he was retiring from his position with Pennsylvania's state system on Sept. 1, one month of shy of four years from the day he started.