To outline the procedures to provide educational death benefits to eligible spouses and dependents of firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-14.0306Death Benefits for Survivors of First Responders and Military Members

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To outline the procedures to provide educational death benefits to eligible spouses and dependents of firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and members of the Florida National Guard and United States Armed Forces who are killed while performing official duties. Florida College System (FCS) institutions, school district career centers and charter technical career centers currently offer tuition waivers to spouses and dependents of deceased law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers identified in section 112.19(3), F.S., and firefighters identified in section 112.191(3), F.S. In 2019, Senate Bill 7098 amended those statutes and expanded those benefits to include spouses or dependents of deceased first responders and members of the Florida National Guard and United States Armed Forces. A rule is warranted to outline procedures to implement the new requirements.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Educational benefits to spouses or dependents of deceased first responders and members of the Florida National Guard and United States Armed Forces.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02 (2)(n), 112.19(5), 112.191(5), 112.1912(2), 295.01(4), FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 112.19(3), 112.191(3), 112.1912(2), 295.01, 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: Shanna Autry, Ed.D., Director of Student Affairs, Division of Florida Colleges, [e-mail] or [phone]. 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 [e-mail].

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