Senate Bill 366 amended multiple Florida Statutes to expand the mechanisms institutions may use to assess readiness for college-level work. In addition to identifying approved common placement tests, the State Board of Education ....
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
6A-10.0315Common Placement Testing and Instruction
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Senate Bill 366 amended multiple Florida Statutes to expand the mechanisms institutions may use to assess readiness for college-level work. In addition to identifying approved common placement tests, the State Board of Education (SBOE) is required to adopt rules to develop and implement alternative methods for assessing communication and computation skills. The purpose of this rule amendment is to specify the alternative methods and associated minimum standards that Florida College System (FCS) institutions may use. Other technical changes will be made. Once the rule is effective, FCS institutions may use approved alternative methods in lieu of or in addition to common placement test to determine college readiness for dual enrollment, developmental education, admissions and meta-major advising.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Alternative methods for assessing college readiness in the Florida College System.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), (6), 1008.30(2), F.S.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1008.30, F.S.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, November, 30, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
PLACE: Gotowebinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1745102392967927052.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Mike Sfiropoulos, Ph.D., Director of Academic Affairs, Division of Florida Colleges, Mike.Sfiropoulos@fldoe.org or (850)245-9523. 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:
Rule language will be posted no later than November 29, 2021, at https://web02.fldoe.org/Rules/.
Document Information
- Purpose:
- Senate Bill 366 amended multiple Florida Statutes to expand the mechanisms institutions may use to assess readiness for college-level work. In addition to identifying approved common placement tests, the State Board of Education (SBOE) is required to adopt rules to develop and implement alternative methods for assessing communication and computation skills. The purpose of this rule amendment is to specify the alternative methods and associated minimum standards that Florida College System (FCS) ...
- Rulemaking Authority:
- 1001.02(1), (2)(n), (6), 1008.30(2), F.S.
- Law:
- 1008.30, F.S.
- Related Rules: (1)
- 6A-10.0315. College Preparatory Testing, Placement, and Instruction