To eliminate unnecessary restriction from access to special education services present in Florida’s current rule. The effect will be to eliminate the explicit exclusion of students with a visual impairment that is primarily caused by visual motor ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.03014Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students Who Are Visually Impaired

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To eliminate unnecessary restriction from access to special education services present in Florida’s current rule. The effect will be to eliminate the explicit exclusion of students with a visual impairment that is primarily caused by visual motor or visual perceptual difficulties.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Update exceptional student education eligibility for students who are visually impaired to remove explicit exclusion of students who have a visual impairment that is primarily caused by visual motor or visual perceptual difficulties.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02, 1001.42(4)(l), 1003.01(3)(a)-(b), 1003.55, 1003.57, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.02, 1003.57, 1010.305(2), 1011.62(1)(c), FS.

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

DATE AND TIME: April 7, 2017, 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: Conference call: [phone], participant passcode: 96414980, participants may access a presentation by linking to http://fcim.adobeconnect.com/ruleworkshop6a6/. For anyone wishing to attend in person: Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 1721, Tallahassee, Florida.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Monica Verra-Tirado, Ed.D., Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, [phone]. To submit a comment on this rule development, 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.