To require each board of trustees within the Florida College System and each district school board which operates a postsecondary career center to develop and implement policies and procedures for providing reasonable substitution for eligible ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

6A-10.041 Substitution for Requirements for Eligible Disabled Students at Florida Colleges and Postsecondary Career Centers

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To require each board of trustees within the Florida College System and each district school board which operates a postsecondary career center to develop and implement policies and procedures for providing reasonable substitution for eligible students as required by Sections 1007.264 and 1007.265, F.S.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Inclusion and definition of “intellectual disability” as an eligible disability for consideration of course substitution for eligible students as required by Sections 1007.264 and 1007.265, F.S. Also, technical changes in language and some definitions of eligible disabilities to reflect currently used language.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1007.264, 1007.265, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1007.264, 1007.265, 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: Division of Florida Colleges, Lynda Earls, Director of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, [phone] or email: [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 NOT AVAILABLE.