Notice of Development of Rulemaking

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-1.09401: Student Performance Standards
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule development workshop is to provide an opportunity for the public (including educators, administrators, students and parents) to provide input revisions to the K-12 Science Sunshine State Standards. The workshop will give an opportunity for DOE personnel and members of the standards writing team to explain and describe the revision process as well as allow for questions from the audience on the revised Science standards. The effect of the meeting will be a better informed public on how the science standards revision process was conducted as well as answered questions attendees may have regarding the revised mathematics standards.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Revised Sunshine State Standards – Science.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1001.02 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.03 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 15, 2007. Public input is also requested online beginning Friday, October 19, 2007 at this site: http://flstandards.org.
PLACE: November 7, 2007 – Leon County, R A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
November 15, 2007 – Orange County, Jones High School, 801 South Rio Grande Avenue, Orlando, FL 32805
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Todd Clark, Deputy Director, Florida’s Office of Mathematics and Science, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 501, Tallahassee, FL, (850)245-0764, todd.clark@fldoe.org

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.