Puerto Rico is a state now?

Seems to be what this says.

The report, which cites a report from Metro in Puerto Rico, says Paul Pastorek, a New Orleans native, agreed to a contract with Puerto Rico’s Department of Education to help with various tasks, including assisting the island’s school system in getting hurricane recovery funds to implement a plan under the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act. The contract reportedly runs until June 2019 and is worth up to $155,000, at $250 an hour, Education Week reports.

Can't be right.

Oh also this says that the man who paved the way for the mass firing of New Orleans teachers and the privatization of public education after Katrina is all set to bestow the same blessings on another storm-ravaged population.  What an odd specialty to have developed.