6A-1.099823: Performance Standards for Children Participating in the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Program
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Pursuant to Section 1002.69(1), Florida Statutes, the Department shall develop and adopt performance standards for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Program. The performance standards must address the age-appropriate progress of students in the development of the capabilities, capacities, and skills required under s. 1(b), Art. IX of the State Constitution, and emergent literacy skills, including oral communication, knowledge of print and letters, phonemic and phonological awareness, and vocabulary and comprehension development. The purpose of the rule development is to adopt revised Standards for students in the VPK Education Program.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Standards for students in the VPK Education Program.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1002.79(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.67(1) FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Two separate webinars will be held on Monday, May 23, 2011. The first webinar is scheduled from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon. The second webinar is scheduled from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
PLACE: To join the first webinar (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon.), please click on the following link: https://suncom.webex.com/suncom/j.php?ED=158152687&UID=492662297&PW=NNGE0YmY2YmU3&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D, and call in to the Conference Call Number: 1(888)808-6959 (Code: 921-3167).
To join the second webinar, repeated from the morning session (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.), please click on the following link: https://suncom.webex.com/suncom/j.php?ED=158152862&UID=492662297&PW=NMTllZGJjYTMy&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D, and call in to the Conference Call Number: 1(888)808-6959 (Code: 921-3167).
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! and the Office of Early Learning, Department of Education, Suite 514, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, (850)245-0445
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
6A-1.099823 Performance Standards for Children Participating in the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Program.
Minimum student performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education for children participating in the Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Education Program are contained in the publication “Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for Four-Year-Olds 2011 2008.” The standards incorporated in this document are hereby incorporated by reference in this rule and made a part of the rules of the State Board of Education to become effective with the effective date of this rule.
Rulemaking Specific Authority 1002.79(1) FS. Law Implemented 1002.67(1) FS. History–New