Notice of Development of Rulemaking

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education
Rule No. : RULE TITLE :
6A-1.099811: Differentiated Accountability State System of School Improvement
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of the rule development is to revise the entrance and exit criteria for the school categories, the support strategies and district improvement plans so that the Department of Education may more precisely tailor the assistance provided to districts, provide flexibility to districts and set forth with more specificity the actions required by school districts to demonstrate improvement.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Accountability for schools, including the categorization criteria, the intervention and support strategies, school improvement plans, the method and criteria for progressing and exiting from the school improvement categories, and revising and incorporating forms.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1008.33 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1006.40(2), 1008.33 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: March 21, 2011, 2:00 p.m. (EST)
PLACE: Participation will be telephonic. The call in number is toll-free 1(866)372-5781, Conference Code: 47216233
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Dr. Diana Bourisaw, Deputy Chancellor, School Improvement and Student Achievement, Department of Education, (850)245-0509
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE will be available for review on March 17, 2011 at the following location: https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx