26625353, 6A-20.001 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 26625353

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Overview

RULE:

6A-20.001

Definitions of Terms for State Student Aid Programs

PURPOSE:

Amending rule language to be consistent across all rules with regard to clock hour equivalence to credit hours; college-preparatory courses, remedial courses, and developmental courses; general education credits; full-time enrollment, three-quarter-time enrollment, half-time enrollment; undergraduate student; amending the clock hour to credit hour conversion rate and amending the definition of associate in applied science and arts degree and the definition for a baccalaureate degree.

SUMMARY:

Definitions of full-time, part-time, and three-quarter-time enrollment in credit hours of postsecondary instruction and clock hour to credit hour conversion will be updated based on input from the Florida Department of Education’s Office of the General Counsel.  Definitions of enrollment, college-preparatory courses, remedial courses, general education credits, undergraduate student, the definition of associate in applied science and applied arts degrees, and the definition of a baccalaureate degree will be updated based on input from the Office of the Florida College System.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

295.01(4), 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1009.50(5), 1009.505(5), 1009.51(5), 1009.52(6), 1009.53(3), 1009.55(2), 1009.66(9), 1009.67(6), 1009.72(1), 1009.73(10), 1009.77(9), 1009.89(2), (7), 1009.893(14), 1009.894(1), 1009.95(7), F.S.

LAW:

295.01, 295.015, 295.02, 295.03, 295.04, 295.05, 1009.40, 1009.50, 1009.505, 1009.51, 1009.52, 1009.53, 1009.531, 1009.532, 1009.533, 1009.534, 1009.5341, 1009.535, 1009.536, 1009.538, 1009.55, 1009.60, 1009.66, 1009.67, 1009.701, 1009.72, 1009.73, 1009.77, 1009.89, 1009.893, 1009.894, 1009.95, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

12/15/2022 Vol. 48/242

COMMENTS:

From 12/15/2022 To 1/5/2023 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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