Rule No. : RULE TITLE :
6A-6.053: K-12 Comprehensive Research-Based Reading Plan
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule development is to update language, provide clarity regarding fidelity of program implementation, include the new Next Generation Content Area Professional Development (NGCAR-PD) package to align to the proposed changes to State Board Rule 6A-5.090, F.A.C., Content-Area Reading Professional Development, and revise fluent and disfluent language to align to the proposed changes to State Rule 6A-6.054, F.A.C., Student Reading Intervention. It is proposed that the language fluent and disfluent be stricken from the reading intervention and K-12 Plan rules as new research suggests that fluency is not a strong predictor of a student’s ability to comprehend text in middle grades and high school.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: K-12 reading instruction.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.215, 1011.62, 1003.413(3)(g), 1003.428 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.215, 1011.62 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: Stuart Greenberg, Executive Director, Just Read Florida, Department of Education, (850)245-0503, Stuart.Greenberg@fldoe.org
TO REQUEST A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP, please contact Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, lynn.abbott@fldoe.org, (850)245-9661.
A copy of the preliminary draft may be obtained from the Department’s website at: https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.