17226926, 6A-6.09021 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 17226926

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

SPECIAL PROGRAMS I

Overview

RULE:

6A-6.09021	Annual English Language Proficiency Assessment for English Language Learners (ELLs)
6A-6.0903	Requirements for Exiting English Language Learners from the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program
6A-6.0905	Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan

PURPOSE:

The purpose and effect of this rule development is to update the referenced rules relating to provision of services to ELLs in Florida public schools to reflect current achievement levels on statewide standardized assessments, to adopt a new annual English language proficiency assessment, and to update the District English Language Learner Plan, including the following revisions: 6A-6.09021, Annual English Language Proficiency Assessment for ELLs: This rule will be revised to adopt a new annual English language proficiency assessment to be administered to ELLs.  The 2016 administration of the new assessment will be a baseline year, after which final proficiency levels will be established in future rulemaking.  The proposed revisions will establish the proficiency levels on the assessments administered in 2016; 6A-6.0903, 	Requirements for Exiting ELLs from the ESOL Program: 
This rule will be revised to reflect current achievement levels on the Florida Standards Assessment in English Language Arts (FSA in ELA), which will be used in determining English language proficiency for the purpose of exiting students from the ESOL program; and 6A-6.0905, Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan: This rule will be revised to update the form for the District English Language Learners Plan that school districts submit to the Florida Department of Education pursuant to section 1003.56, Florida Statutes.

SUBJECT:

Annual English language proficiency assessments for ELLs in Florida public schools, requirements for exiting ELLs from the ESOL program, and the form for the District English Language Learners Plan that school districts submit to the Florida Department of Education pursuant to section 1003.56, Florida Statutes.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02, 1003.56, F.S.

LAW:

1003.56, 1011.62, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

3/1/2016 Vol. 42/41

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

1001.02, 1003.56, F.S., 1003.56, 1011.62, F.S.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=6A-6.09021&PDate=3/1/2016&Section=1

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