The purpose and effect of this rule development is to update the rule relating to provision of services to ELLs in Florida public schools to clarify that the exemption for the statewide assessments for recently arrived ELLs is for students whose ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-1.09432Assessment of English Language Learners

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of this rule development is to update the rule relating to provision of services to ELLs in Florida public schools to clarify that the exemption for the statewide assessments for recently arrived ELLs is for students whose date entered a U.S. school falls within one year of the assessment date.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The ELL entry date defining the assessment exemption.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1008.22, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.56, 1008.22, 1011.62, 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:

DATE AND TIME: March 16, 2016, 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.

PLACE: Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1703, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Chane Eplin, Chief, Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (SALA), Department of Education, [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail]. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Cathy Schroeder, Director, Office of Executive Management, 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 AVAILABLE AT: https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.