22491504, 6A-4.0051 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 22491504

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

CERTIFICATION

Overview

RULE:

6A-4.0051

Renewal and Reinstatement of a Professional Certificate

PURPOSE:

To identify which areas of certification include reading instruction or intervention for any students in kindergarten through grade 6. Educators holding certificates with the identified coverages will be required to earn a minimum of two college credits or the equivalent in-service points in the use of explicit, systematic and sequential approaches to reading instruction, developing phonemic awareness and implementing multisensory intervention strategies. The requirement applies upon the renewal of the validity period, beginning with those certificates with a validity period starting July 1, 2020.

SUMMARY:

Teachers with subject area coverages that provide reading instruction or intervention to any K-6 students will need to take 2 college credits or the equivalent in order to renew a certificate with a beginning validity date of July 1, 2020 or beyond. The credits must be in explicit, systematic and sequential approaches to reading instruction, developing phonemic awareness and implementing multisensory intervention strategies. This rule identifies the coverage areas that would require the course work: Elementary Education (K-6), Prekindergarten/Primary Education (age 3 through grade 3), Elementary Education (grades 1-6), Primary Education (grades K-3), English (grades 1-6), Middle Grades English (grades 5-9), Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum (grades 5-9), English (6-12), Reading (K-12), Reading (Endorsement), and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) (grades K-12).

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02, 1012.55, 1012.585, F.S.

LAW:

1012.55, 1012.585, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/16/2019 Vol. 45/202

COMMENTS:

From 10/16/2019 To 11/6/2019 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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