The purpose of the rule development is to eliminate the restriction on the allowed number of testing attempts for public high school students, by ensuring student privacy protection of their educational records under federal and state laws, and by ...
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of EducationRULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
6A-10.0315College Preparatory Testing, Placement, and Instruction
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the rule development is to eliminate the restriction on the allowed number of testing attempts for public high school students, by ensuring student privacy protection of their educational records under federal and state laws, and by recognizing the public high school transcript as an official transcript for college applications. The effect is to accommodate the expanding uses of PERT at the public high school level for demonstrating college readiness, for meeting initial eligibility for Dual Enrollment status, and for initial qualifying for Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholarships; to ensure the protection of public student privacy rights; and to allow public high school transcripts to serve as official documents for submitting test scores to colleges and universities.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Public high school P.E.R.T administration and test records.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(6), 1008.30(3) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.02, 1008.30 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: Mary Jane Tappen, Deputy Chancellor for Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Services, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 1502, Tallahassee, FL 32399. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education, (850)245-9661 or e-mail lynn.abbott@fldoe.org or go to https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.
Document Information
- Subject:
- Public high school P.E.R.T administration and test records.
- Purpose:
- The purpose of the rule development is to eliminate the restriction on the allowed number of testing attempts for public high school students, by ensuring student privacy protection of their educational records under federal and state laws, and by recognizing the public high school transcript as an official transcript for college applications. The effect is to accommodate the expanding uses of PERT at the public high school level for demonstrating college readiness, for meeting initial ...
- Rulemaking Authority:
- 1001.02(6), 1008.30(3), Florida Statutes.
- Law:
- 1001.02, 1008.30, Florida Statutes.
- Contact:
- Mary Jane Tappen, Deputy Chancellor for Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Services, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 1502, Tallahassee, FL 32399. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Lynn Abbott, Agency Clerk, Department of Education, (850)245-9661 or e-mail lynn.abbott@fldoe.org or go to https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.
- Related Rules: (1)
- 6A-10.0315. College Preparatory Testing, Placement, and Instruction