Notice of Development of Rulemaking

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-23.001: Purpose and Scope
6A-23.002: Definitions
6A-23.003: Eligibility and Procedure for Bureau Registration
6A-23.004: Standards of Apprenticeship
6A-23.0041: Criteria for Apprenticeable Occupations
6A-23.005: Apprenticeship Agreement
6A-23.006: Deregistration of Bureau Registered Program
6A-23.007: Hearings
6A-23.008: Complaints
6A-23.009: Reinstatement of Program Registration
6A-23.010: Preapprenticeship Programs
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule development is to: provide criteria for apprenticeable occupations; identify the Department of Education as the entity that formulates and promotes the standards necessary to safeguard the welfare and wages of apprentices; revise apprenticeship definitions; revise the eligibility and procedures for registering apprenticeship programs; revise the apprenticeship standards; revise the information contained in the Apprenticeship Agreement; revise the process for deregistration of a registered program and rename the entities involved; identify the entities responsible for hearings and to indicate the timeframe for rendering an opinion; identify the entity to which a complaint should be addressed, to revise the timeframe for certain actions, and to set forth conditions for filing complaints; revise the entities to which evidence for reinstatement must be presented; and revise the entities pertinent to preapprenticeship programs, revise preapprenticeship definitions, certain criteria, and processes, pursuant to Sections 120.57, 446.011, 446.021, 446.032, 446.041, 446.052, 446.071, 446.075, 446.081(3), 446.092, Florida Statutes; Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 29; Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 30.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Apprenticeship Programs.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 446.011, 446.032, 446.041 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 120.57, 446.021, 446.032, 446.041, 446.052, 446.071, 446.075, 446.081(3), 446.092 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Elsie J. Rogers, Coordinator, Legislation and Professional Development, Division Workforce Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 720, Tallahassee, FL 32399; (850)245-9029 or e-mail elsie.rogers@fldoe.org. 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 NOT AVAILABLE.