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Notice: 14948493

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

SPECIAL PROGRAMS I

Overview

RULE:

6A-6.0900	Programs for English Language Leaners (Repealed)
6A-6.09022	Extension of Services in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program
6A-6.0905	Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan
6A-6.0909	Exemptions Provided to English Language Learners

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this rule development is to update the referenced rules as necessary, including the following revisions: Rule 6A-6.0900 - Update list of rules applicable to ESOL programs to add recently adopted rules and  correct the titles of rules in the existing list; Rule 6A-6.09022 - Update references to the statewide standardized assessment (formerly FCAT) and the statewide English Language Proficiency Assessment; make necessary changes in grammar to clarify the deadline for re-evaluation of a student’s progress towards English language proficiency for purposes of extension of services; Rule 6A-6.0905 - Clarify the Department’s obligation to consider objections by any councils representing parents of ELLs to any district ELL plan under Department review; revise requirement to submit the district ELL plan via an online template to instead require submission on an incorporated form; and Rule 6A-6.0909 – Update references to the statewide standardized assessment (formerly FCAT) and the statewide English Language Proficiency Assessment; Remove exemption from requirement for ESOL to be taught by an ESOL certified or endorsed instructor for districts with fewer than ten English Language Learners within a radius of twenty miles of a given school or within the school attendance zone, whichever is larger.

SUBJECT:

Rules relating to the ESOL program in Florida K-12 public schools.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02, 1003.56, Florida Statutes.

LAW:

1003.56, Florida Statutes.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

8/19/2014 Vol. 40/161

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

1001.02, 1003.56, Florida Statutes., 1003.56, Florida Statutes.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=6A-6.0900&PDate=8/19/2014&Section=1

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