Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan, Exemptions Provided to English Language Learners
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
6A-6.0905Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan
6A-6.0909Exemptions Provided to English Language Learners
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 40, No. 173, September 5, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
Rule 6A-6.0905 is amended as follows:
(b) The school district ELL plan shall be submitted to the Department utilizing the Department’s Form ESOL 100 entitled, “District English Language Learner Plan (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref- ),” (December 2014) which is hereby incorporated by reference to become a part of this rule. Copies of this form may be obtained from the Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition, K-12 Public Schools, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 501, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400. The online form available at http://www.fldoe.org/aala/omspubpg.asp must be completed in its entirety.
Rule 6A-6.0909 is amended as follows:
(3) English Language Learners who have completed the credits required for graduation and who have failed to meet the 10th grade standards as measured by the statewide standardized assessment shall be eligible for compensatory education for “a thirteenth year” as provided in Section 1003.4282 1003.43, F.S.
(5) The Florida Department of Education shall review annually the personnel utilized in teaching English Language Learners by program for the purpose of identifying the areas of need as “critical teacher shortage” areas. The State Board of Education shall take all necessary steps to assure that the benefits set forth in Section 1009.58, F.S., shall be made available to teachers in critical teacher shortage areas.
