To implement changes to Section 1003.25, Florida Statutes, requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe rules related to the procedures for maintenance and transfer of students records.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-1.0955Education Records

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement changes to Section 1003.25, Florida Statutes, requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe rules related to the procedures for maintenance and transfer of students records.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Amending the current rule to include the requirements that Florida’s public schools transfer student records within three (3) school days and that student records include verified reports of serious or recurrent behavior patterns, threat assessments, psychological evaluations, and therapy or progress notes.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1002.22(3), 1003.25(2), 1008.405, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.42(13), 1001.52(2), (3), 1002.22(2), (3), 1002.221, 1003.25, 1008.386, 1008.39, 1008.405, FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Rod Duckworth, Office of Articulation, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1401, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400, [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development or to request a rule development workshop, 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: When available it will be posted at: https://web02.fldoe.org/Rules/Default.aspx.