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Notice: 27381274

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

EDUCATOR STANDARDS, PREPARATION AND PERFORMANCE

Overview

RULE:

6A-5.066

Approval of Teacher Preparation Programs

PURPOSE:

To revise the requirements for teacher preparation programs to align with changes made during the 2023 legislation session including House Bills 1537 and 7039, and to make additional changes to ensure we maintain high quality educator preparation for Florida’s teachers.

SUMMARY:

Proposed changes include modifying “development” to “learning” throughout the rule; revising the Uniform Core Curriculum (UCC) to reflect what is required for each type of teacher preparation program; clarifying the instructional reading strategies to be aligned with House Bill 7039; requiring program use of state adopted instructional materials; removing the requirement of completer and employer surveys for educator preparation institutes; adding an institutional final score and revising the Candidate Readiness metric in Annual Program Performance Report.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1004.04, 1004.85, 1012.34, 1012.56, F.S.

LAW:

1004.04, 1004.85, 1012.56, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

7/31/2023 Vol. 49/147

COMMENTS:

From 7/31/2023 To 8/21/2023 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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