Published on: 17603868. To remove Teaching Strategies Gold from the assessments that must be given to children who attend Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK), to clarify the training requirements for persons who administer the VPK assessment, and to expand the VPK instructors who may assess children in VPK.
Published on: 17382320. The proposed rule removes Teaching Strategies Gold as an approved pre- and post-assessment for Voluntary Prekindergarten “VPK”. This change is necessary because 2016 legislative action did not fund the assessment. Additionally, the proposal requires that qualified assessors for the VPK pre- and post-assessment must complete training, and maintain documentation of training, for the administration of the Florida VPK Assessment.
Published on: 16708267. An order denying the request made by Miami-Dade County Government, Community Action and Human Services Department, Head Start/Early Head Start Program, for a waiver or variance from paragraph 6A-1.09433(1)(b), F.A.C, Voluntary Prekindergarten Pre- and Post-Assessments. The petition was filed with the Department of Education’s Clerk on or around August 6, 2015 and is dated July 29, 2015. Notice of the petition was published on August 13, 2015, in Volume 41, Number 157 of the Florida Administrative Register. The order denying the request was filed on October 26, 2015. The order denies the request of the VPK provider to use an alternative to the Teaching Strategies Gold assessment. The reasons for the denial of the request, set our more fully in the order, are (1) the agency lacks the authority to grant the request, (2) the request is inconsistent with the purpose of the statute to create a uniform system of measurement for VPK providers, and (3) the petition fails to demonstrate a substantial hardship created by imposition of the rule as noticed and adopted.
Published on: 16635614. An order denying the request made by Learning Care Group, for a waiver or variance from Rule 6A-1.09433(1)(b), F.A.C. , Voluntary Prekindergarten Pre- and Post-Assessments. The petition was filed with the Department of Education’s Clerk on or around July 16, 2015 and is dated July 15, 2015. Notice of the petition was published on August 13, 2015 in Volume 41, page 157 of the Florida Administrative Register. The order denying the request was filed on October 12, 2015. The order denies the request of the VPK provider to use an alternative to the Teaching Strategies Gold assessment. The reasons for the denial of the request, set our more fully in the order, are (1) the agency lacks the authority to grant the request, (2) the request is inconsistent with the purpose of the statute to create a uniform system of measurement for VPK providers, and (3) the petition fails to demonstrate a substantial hardship created by imposition of the rule as noticed and adopted.
Published on: 16353150. The Department issued an order denying the request made by Redlands Christian Migrant Association, for a variance from Rule 6A-1.09433(1)(b), F.A.C. , Voluntary Prekindergarten Pre- and Post-Assessments. The petition was filed with the Department of Education’s Clerk on or around June 8, 2015 and is dated May 18, 2015. Notice of the petition was published on June 10, 2015 in Volume 41, page 112 of the Florida Administrative Register. The order denying the request was filed on August 17, 2015. The order denies the request of the VPK provider to use an alternative to the Teaching Strategies Gold assessment. The reasons for the denial of the request, set our more fully in the order, are (1) the agency lacks the authority to grant the request, (2) the request is inconsistent with the purpose of the statute to create a uniform system of measurement for VPK providers, and (3) the petition fails to demonstrate a substantial hardship created by imposition of the rule as noticed and adopted.