To update the language to clarify that prekindergarten (PreK) students may be considered eligible for homebound or hospitalized services, expand instructional practices, and reflect changes from the 2016 Legislative Session.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.03020Specially Designed Instruction for Students Who Are Homebound or Hospitalized

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update the language to clarify that prekindergarten (PreK) students may be considered eligible for homebound or hospitalized services, expand instructional practices, and reflect changes from the 2016 Legislative Session.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Specially designed instruction for students who are homebound or hospitalized.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.01(3)(a), 1003.57(1)(b), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.03(8), 1001.42(4)(l), 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.57(1)(b), 1003.571, 1011.62(1)(c), F.S.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: January 24, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: Telephone conference call at [phone], participant pass code is 48236731, participants may access a presentation by linking to http://fcim.adobeconnect.com/o2public/. For anyone wishing to attend in person: Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 605, Tallahassee, Florida at the time provided above.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Monica Verra-Tirado, Ed.D., Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, [phone]. To submit a comment on this rule development, go to: https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT: https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.