The Department is revising requirements of the District K-12 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan based on changes included in House Bills 7039 and 5101. Revised requirements include: additional screening, required ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

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

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Department is revising requirements of the District K-12 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan based on changes included in House Bills 7039 and 5101. Revised requirements include: additional screening, required parent notification, and definition of dyslexia-specific interventions for students who show characteristics of dyslexia; notification to parents of eligible students for New Worlds Scholarship Accounts; prioritization of highly effective teachers in K-2 classrooms; assignment of literacy coaches; ensuring reading instruction and professional learning are grounded in the science of reading; prohibition of three-cueing in the teaching of word reading; and including all district schools including charter schools, unless a charter school elects to submit a plan to the sponsoring Local Educational Agency independently from the school district that complies with all of the plan requirements. Additional changes to remove outdated language and to clarify reading plan requirements will also be considered. This is the second rule development workshop being held for Rule 6A-6.053, F.A.C.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Reading.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1008.25(10), 1011.62(8), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.215, 1003.4201, 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 20, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm ET or upon conclusion of business, whichever is earlier.

PLACE: Microsoft Teams https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTM0YzYwZDktNmQ3NC00NTE0LTgwYTAtOWFjNzFmMDczMWJj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2263bf107b-cb6f-4173-8c1c-1406bb5cb794%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22741a8977-4f06-4eb9-8857-0f59c1a1910d%22%7d

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Melinda Webster, 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 NOT AVAILABLE.