Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 37 No. 20, May 20, 2011 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Based on public input at the September 20, 2011, meeting of the State Board of Education, the State Board approved the rule with the following change to subsection (2):

(2) Any student being considered for extension of services shall be assessed on at least one (1) Department-approved assessment instrument. The assessment shall be administered no earlier than thirty (30) school days prior to the student’s anniversary date. If the student’s anniversary date falls between the administration of the Comprehensive English Language Learner Assessment (CELLA) a given school year and October 1 of the following school year, ~~within the first two (2) weeks of the school year,~~ the student’s CELLA and applicable Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores ~~from the prior school year~~ will suffice, and a more recent assessment is not required. The assessment may be any Department-approved assessment that ~~must~~ covers all four (4) domains, of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.