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Notice: 25440789

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Overview

RULE:

6A-1.09422

Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring System and Statewide, Standardized Assessment Program Requirements

PURPOSE:

This proposed rule amendment addresses two issues: 1) assessment graduation requirements for students who have been enrolled in an English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program for less than two years in order to align the rule with current statute, and 2) the implementation timeline for concordant and comparative scores aligned to the Florida Standards for the graduating class of 2021-22 to provide more flexibility for meeting assessment graduation requirements.

SUMMARY:

1) In compliance with section (s.) 1003.433(3)(b), Florida Statutes (F.S.), as amended during the 2021 Legislative Session, this proposed rule amendment will specify alternative methods available for students who have been enrolled in an ESOL program for less than two years to meet the grade 10 English Language Arts (ELA) assessment graduation requirement.
2) Pursuant to s. 1008.22(9)-(10), F.S., concordant and comparative scores aligned to the Florida Standards were established by the State Board of Education in May 2018 after a public review period, and they are scheduled to become effective for students graduating in 2021-22 who entered grade 9 in 2018-19. Pursuant to Florida Department of Education Emergency Order No. 2020-EO-1, spring K-12 statewide assessment test administrations for the 2019-20 school year were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and grade 10 students were unable to participate that school year in the grade 10 ELA assessment and the Algebra 1 End-of-Course (EOC) assessment, if enrolled in the Algebra 1 course required for graduation. Such students have had fewer opportunities than other graduating classes to pass the assessment prior to their scheduled graduation. This proposed rule amendment delays the implementation of the concordant and comparative scores aligned to the Florida Standards by one year, allowing the graduating class of 2021-22 to use as many options for meeting their assessment graduation requirements as possible.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.433(3)(b), 1008.22(13), 1008.25(10), F.S.

LAW:

1001.02, 1001.11, 1003.4282, 1003.433, 1008.22, 1008.25, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

1/14/2022 Vol. 48/10

COMMENTS:

From 1/14/2022 To 2/4/2022 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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