Notice of Development of Rulemaking

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-4.02451: Performance Standards, Skills, and Competencies for the Endorsement in English for Speakers of Other Languages
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule development is to update the Performance Standards, Skills and Competencies for the Endorsement in English for Speakers of Other Languages. The competencies and indicators required for approval of educator preparation programs pursuant to Rule 6A-5.066, F.A.C., and for district in-service add-on programs pursuant to Section 1012.575, F.S., for the Endorsement in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), are contained in the publication, “English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Endorsement (Florida’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Performance Standards, Skills, and Competencies).”
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Revised and researched-based Performance Standards, for the purpose of endorsement for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1012.55, 1012.56, 1012.575 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1012.55, 1012.56, 1012.575 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: October 30, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon; November 9, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon; November 10, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
PLACE: October 30, 2009, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 1721/25, Tallahassee, FL 32399; November 9, 2009, Hillsborough Community College – Dale Mabry Campus, Student Services Building #113, Room 108, 4001 Tampa Bay Blvd., Tampa, FL 33614; and November 10, 2009, University of Miami, University Center, Room Flamingo A, 1306 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Lori Rodriguez, Bureau of Academic Achievement through Language Acquisition, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 501, Tallahassee, FL 32399; (850)245-0417. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education, (850)245-9661 or e-mail: lynn.abbott@fldoe.org or go to https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

http://www.fldoe.org/aala/.