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Notice: 22301966

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Overview

RULE:

6A-1.099811

School Improvement State System of Support for Deficient and Failing Schools

PURPOSE:

To delete the term Differentiated Accountability (DA) from the rule and replace it with School Improvement (SI). It will also eliminate the state designation of Targeted Support and Improvement (TS&I) and classify a D or F school as Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CS&I) per the state’s approved Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan. Additionally, this rule requires districts to notify and receive approval from the state prior to the changing of a turnaround principal after plan approval. This amendment will add a form Principal Change Verification and revises incorporated forms. It will also add language that External Operator contracts shall include conditions of payment based on performance indicators and terminate or non-renew the contract should the EO fail to meet the performance indicators. The amendment also includes language setting forth the criteria to revoke an approved turnaround plan. Additionally, extraneous language around the approval and denial of plans is eliminated.

SUMMARY:

The proposed rule replaces the term Differentiated Accountability (DA) with School Improvement (SI); Eliminates the state designation of Target Support & Improvement (TS&I) and classifies all School Improvement schools as Comprehensive Support & Improvement (CS&I); Adds a form to notify and receive approval prior to the changing of a turnaround principal; Adds language that External Operator contracts shall include conditions of payment based on performance indicators; Adds language giving the State Board of Education the authorization to revoke an approved turnaround plan when the district fails to follow the approved turnaround plan, meet the requirements of the plan, and demonstrates an unlikeliness that the school will improve to a grade of at least a “C” during the course of the turnaround plan; and Revises incorporated forms used by school districts.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02(2)(n), 1008.33, F.S.

LAW:

1001.42(18)(a) 1008.33, 1008.345, 1012.2315, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

8/27/2019 Vol. 45/167

COMMENTS:

From 8/27/2019 To 9/17/2019 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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