The purpose of this rule development is to reflect the updates of s. 1003.5716, Florida Statutes (F.S.), during the 2021 Legislative Session. The effect will amend the transition process to postsecondary education and career ....
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
6A-6.03028Provision of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) and Development of Individual Educational Plans for Students with Disabilities
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule development is to reflect the updates of s. 1003.5716, Florida Statutes (F.S.), during the 2021 Legislative Session. The effect will amend the transition process to postsecondary education and career opportunities for students with disabilities during the student’s seventh-grade year or age 12, whichever occurs first, rather than at age 14, and have an operational plan in place that is implemented on the first day of the student’s first year in high school.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Planning for students with disabilities to transition to high school and beyond.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.4282, 1003.55, 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1008.22, F.S.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.33, 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.4203, 1003.4282, 1003.55, 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1003.5716, 1008.22, F.S.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: November 19, 2021, 9:30 a.m. ET
PLACE: Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkc-qtrz0jGNd-ON7w6jB81-NsPDvm0oa4.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Victoria Gaitanis, Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Student Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, (850)245-0475. 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, (850)245-9601 or email Christian.Emerson@fldoe.org.
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.
Document Information
- Purpose:
- The purpose of this rule development is to reflect the updates of s. 1003.5716, Florida Statutes (F.S.), during the 2021 Legislative Session. The effect will amend the transition process to postsecondary education and career opportunities for students with disabilities during the student’s seventh-grade year or age 12, whichever occurs first, rather than at age 14, and have an operational plan in place that is implemented on the first day of the student’s first year in high school.
- Rulemaking Authority:
- 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.4282, 1003.55, 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1008.22, F.S.
- Law:
- 1002.33, 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.4203, 1003.4282, 1003.55, 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1003.5716, 1008.22, F.S.
- Related Rules: (1)
- 6A-6.03028. Provision of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) and Development of Individual Educational Plans for Students with Disabilities