17369613, 6A-1.09533 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 17369613

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Overview

RULE:

6A-1.09533

Minimum School Term, Emergencies

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this development is to remove the obsolete subsection (2), which provides authority for the Commissioner of Education to reduce the 180-day school term by up to a maximum of three school days for one or more schools provided the scheduled net instructional time for the school year equals or exceeds 900 hours. With the promulgation of rule 6A-1.045111, F.A.C., a school district may deliver less than 180 days of instruction, provided students receive no less than 720 hours of instruction in grades kindergarten through third grade and 900 hours in grades 4-12 during the school year.

SUBJECT:

Deletion of subsection (2), which states the Commissioner may reduce the length of a school term up to a maximum of three school days provided the net instructional time minus the hours scheduled for each day classified as a national, state or local emergency is at least 900 hours.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02(1), 1011.60(2), Florida Statutes.

LAW:

1011.60(2), Florida Statutes.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

4/1/2016 Vol. 42/64

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

1001.02(1), 1011.60(2), Florida Statutes., 1011.60(2), Florida Statutes.

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-1.09533&PDate=4/1/2016&Section=1

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