To revise the District K-12 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan (CERP) Rule to include new language delineated in SB 2524. This language: Removes the specific requirement for the 300 lowest-performing schools to use ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.053District K-12 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To revise the District K-12 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan (CERP) Rule to include new language delineated in SB 2524. This language: Removes the specific requirement for the 300 lowest-performing schools to use the allocation to provide an additional hour of intensive reading instruction; clarifies that reading coaches must be certified or endorsed in reading; provides flexibility for professional development options by authorizing school boards to use funds from the allocation to help instructional personnel and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) earn a certification, a credential, an endorsement, or advanced degree in scientifically researched and evidence-based reading instruction; authorizes teachers or other district personnel who possess an early literacy micro-credential to teach summer camps for students in kindergarten through grade 5 (does not modify the requirement that a retained grade 3 student in summer reading camp be provided instruction by a teacher who is certified or endorsed in reading); authorizes allocation funds to be used for incentives for instructional personnel and certified prekindergarten teachers funded in the FEFP who possess a reading certification or endorsement or a literacy micro-credential and provide educational support to improve student literacy; authorizes allocation funds to provide tutoring in reading; and authorizes intensive reading interventions to be provided by instructional personnel who possess a literacy micro-credential and with supervision from an individual who is certified or endorsed in reading. SB 2524 also requires school districts to submit a comprehensive reading plan, approved by the applicable district school board, charter school governing board, or lab school board of trustees, in consultation with the State Regional Literacy Director, for the specific use of the evidence-based reading instruction allocation. It removes the requirement for the Department of Education to prescribe the format for and approval of district comprehensive reading plans. This rule development also revises the K-3 substantial reading deficiency criteria to include more than one data point for identification: coordinated screening and progress monitoring system or an assessment in the district CERP, and formative assessment/teacher observation data that demonstrates minimum skill levels in one or more reading components. Additional changes to the required reading plan rule will be considered.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: District K-12 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plans.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02, 1008.25, 1011.62, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.215, 1008.25, 1011.62, F.S.

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

DATE AND TIME: November 4, 2022, 10:00 a.m. EDT.

PLACE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2207823073502429199

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Lindsey Brown, Executive Director of Just Read, Florida! – [e-mail] or [phone]. To comment on this rule development, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or email [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.