The purpose of the rule developments is to update terminology to reflect current practice in the field and update statutory references; modifies and/or creates inservice requirements for school personnel providing services to students enrolled in ...

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-6.054: K-12 Student Reading Intervention Requirements
6A-6.0900: Programs for Limited English Proficient Students
6A-6.0901: Definitions Which Apply to Programs for Limited English Proficient Students
6A-6.0904: Equal Access to Appropriate Programming for Limited English Proficient Students
6A-6.0905: Requirements for the District Limited English Proficient Plan
6A-6.0906: Monitoring of Programs for Limited English Proficient Students
6A-6.0907: Inservice Requirements for Personnel of Limited English Proficient Students
6A-6.0908: Equal Access for Limited English Proficient Students to Programs Other Than ESOL
6A-6.0909: Exemptions Provided to Limited English Proficient Students
6A-6.09091: Accommodations of the Statewide Assessment Program Instruments and Procedures for Limited English Proficient Students
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the rule developments is to update terminology to reflect current practice in the field and update statutory references; modifies and/or creates inservice requirements for school personnel providing services to students enrolled in the ESOL program; deletes outdated “grandfathering” method of endorsement in ESOL; incorporates newly revised template for District English Language Learners Plans; modifies exemptions to statewide assessments for newly arrived English Language Learners; and establishes competencies for ESOL endorsement.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Programs for English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and English Language Learners.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1003.56, 1008.22, 1012.55, 1012.56, 1012.575 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.56, 1008.22, 1012.55, 1012.56, 1012.575 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: December 2, 2008, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.; December 12, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; December 15, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
PLACE: December 2, 2008, Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport, Mirabel Ballroom, 9300 Airport Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32827; December 12, 2008, Turlington Building, Room 1703, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399; December 15, 2008, Miami-Dade College, Wolfson Campus, Chapman Conference Center, 245 N. E. 4th Street, Miami, Florida 32132
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Lori Rodriguez, Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 501, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400, [phone]. TO REQUEST A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP, please contact: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education, [phone] or e-mail [e-mail] or go to https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.