The purpose of this rule development is to delete obsolete deadlines in the rule and the application will be revised to define student-teacher ratios, student completion and successful completion rates, and performance accountability outcomes which ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0982Florida Approved Online Course Providers

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule development is to delete obsolete deadlines in the rule and the application will be revised to define student-teacher ratios, student completion and successful completion rates, and performance accountability outcomes which must be published by approved course providers and to require supporting documentation to include references and stakeholder surveys to support the application.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Florida Approved Online Course Providers.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1003.499 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.499 FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: March 25, 2015, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 1706, Tallahassee, FL 32399

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Sandy Eggers, Program Specialist, Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1401, Tallahassee, FL 32399, [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development, please contact: Cathy Schroeder, 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: The draft application will be available at https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx on March 18, 2015.