23013849, 6A-1.09412 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 23013849

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Overview

RULE:

6A-1.09412

Course Requirements - Grades K-12 Basic and Adult Secondary Programs

PURPOSE:

To revise certain course requirements for each course contained in the “2020-2021 Course Code Directory and Instructional Personnel Assignments” for Grades K-12/Adult, Basic Education. The effect will eliminate Common Core in Florida through the adoption of English Language Arts and Mathematics course descriptions that include the Benchmarks Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics.

SUMMARY:

In January 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 19-32 directing the Commissioner of Education to comprehensively review Florida’s kindergarten through grade twelve academic standards to eliminate Common Core and return Florida to the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic. Resulting from the Executive Order 19-32 standards review were the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards for English Language Arts and for Mathematics. On February 12, 2020, the B.E.S.T. Standards were adopted by the State Board of Education. With the adoption of the B.E.S.T Standards, course descriptions need to be revised in order to remove the former standards and add the newly adopted B.E.S.T standards. The proposed rule amendment will adopt 56 new English Language Arts and Mathematics course descriptions that include the B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02, 1001.03(1), 1011.62(1)(t), F.S.

LAW:

1001.03, 1011.62(1)(t), F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

3/10/2020 Vol. 46/48

COMMENTS:

From 3/10/2020 To 3/31/2020 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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