Rule 11B-30.006: To update the Department’s web address. Rule 11B-30.007: To update the State Officer Certification Examination (SOCE) web site. To allow a debit card to be used to pay for the SOCE. To clarify that rescheduling of the SOCE does not ...

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
11B-30: EXAMINATIONS
11B-30.006: State Officer Certification Examination General Eligibility Requirements
11B-30.007: Application for the State Officer Certification Examination and Notification Process
11B-30.0071: Examination Accommodations for Applicants with Disabilities
11B-30.008: State Officer Certification Examination Site Administration
11B-30.009: Applicant Conduct at Test Site and Notice of Protection of Program Privileges
11B-30.011: Examination Scoring and Grade Notification
11B-30.012: Post Review of Examination Questions, Answers, Papers, Grades, and Grading Key
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Rule 11B-30.006: To update the Department’s web address. Rule 11B-30.007: To update the State Officer Certification Examination (SOCE) web site. To allow a debit card to be used to pay for the SOCE. To clarify that rescheduling of the SOCE does not constitute a re-examination. Rule 11B-30.0071: To update the Application for Individuals Request Special Test Accommodations form CJSTC-502 to incorporate rule revisions. To make housekeeping revisions. To allow the test booklet to be produced in large print versus high quality regular print or read aloud. To disallow reading of the SOCE or the Basic Abilities Test. To revise the list of accommodations that are not permissible when taking the SOCE. To revise the definition/example of a person with physical disabilities. Rule 11B-30.008: To remove unnecessary rule language. To add rule language regarding individuals who arrive late to take the SOCE and compliance with Rule 11B-30.007, F.A.C. Rule 11B-30.009: To require violations to be documented in writing and submitted to the FDLE/CJPP program director. To require dismissal of an applicant from the SOCE test site for engaging in conduct intended to subvert the SOCE process and to list the conduct that subverts the SOCE process. To list the sanctions the Commission shall impose for conduct intended to subvert the SOCE process. To list the conduct that violates the standards of the SOCE test administration. To list sanctions the Commission shall impose for acts that violate the SOCE test administration. To require that an applicant’s existing certification shall be subject to disciplinary action upon violation of the SOCE Test Administration standards. Rule 11B-30.011: To remove redundant language on the Applicant State Officer Certification Examination Overall Test Results form CJSTC-516. Rule 11B-30.012: To clarify the “missed examination items review process” for individuals who have failed the SOCE. To increase the number of days from 45 to 120 for an individual to review their SOCE and to revise the State Officer Certification Examination Grade Review Request form CJSTC-510 accordingly. To allow participants in the examination review session to review the SOCE for each discipline one time. To revise the State Officer Certification Examination Review form CJSTC-511 to include additional document to the review packet contents list.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Rule 11B-30.006: The Department’s web address. Rule 11B-30.007: SOCE web site, method of payment for taking the SOCE, and SOCE re-examination process. Rule 11B-30.0071: Examination accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Rule 11B-30.008: Test accommodations at the test site. Rule 11B-30.009: Applicant conduct at the test site that is intended to subvert the SOCE and consequences thereof. Rule 11B-30.011: SOCE overall test results form. Rule 11B-30.012: Examination grade review process and related forms.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 943.03(4), 943.12(1), 943.12 (17), 943.1397, 943.173(3) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 943.12(17), 943.13(7), 943.131(2), 943.1397, 943.1397(1), 943.1397(3), 943.173 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: November 8, 2006, 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: 2331 Phillips Road, Elevator Conference Room, Quad C, 3rd Floor, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-1489
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Donna Hunt at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Donna Hunt, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Professionalism Program, 2331 Phillips Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.