The purpose is of this rule development is to eliminate the restriction on the allowed number of testing attempts for students, revise retest provisions, ensure student privacy protection of Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.) ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
6A-10.0315: College Preparatory Testing, Placement, and Instruction
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose is of this rule development is to eliminate the restriction on the allowed number of testing attempts for students, revise retest provisions, ensure student privacy protection of Florida Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.) records and scores, and recognize the public high school transcript as an official record of P.E.R.T. scores. The effect is to accommodate the expanding uses of P.E.R.T. at the public high school level for demonstrating college readiness, for meeting initial eligibility for Dual Enrollment status, and for initial qualifying for Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholarships; to ensure the protection of public student privacy rights; and to allow public high school transcripts to serve as official records for P.E.R.T. scores. It also establishes policy for alternative remediation and retesting, as required in statute.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: P.E.R.T. administration, policies and test records.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02, 1002.221, 1008.30 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.221, 1008.30 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: Mary Jane Tappen, Deputy Chancellor for Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Services, Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 1502, Tallahassee, FL 32399. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Lynn Abbott, 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: Available at https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.