61J1-4.001: Education
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Board proposes the rule amendment to clarify education requirements.
SUMMARY: Education requirements will be clarified.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board has determined that the proposed rule will not have an impact on small business.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 475.614 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 475.613, 475.615, 475.617 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Thomas OBryant, Jr., Director, Division of Real Estate, 400 West Robinson Street, Hurston Building, North Tower, Suite N801, Orlando, Florida 32801
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
61J1-4.001 Education.
(1) through (2) No change.
(3) Satisfactory course completion is demonstrated by achieving a grade of 75% or higher on a Board approved end-of-course examination. The provider shall develop at least two forms of the end-of-course examinations and submit them for approval with a detailed course syllabus, detailed timeline and two copies of the course material. The answer key must be unique for each form of the examination and reference the page numbers containing the information on which each question and correct answer is based. At least 70% of the questions on each examination form shall be application oriented. Application level means the ability to use the learned material in a completely new and concrete situation. It usually involves the application of rules, policies, methods, computations, laws, theories, or any other relevant and available information. No more than 10% of the questions on each form of the test shall be at the knowledge level. Knowledge level means the recall of specific fact, patterns, methods, terms, rules, dates, formulas, names or other information that should be committed to memory. A provider offering prescribed courses must maintain a sufficient bank of questions to assure examination validity. A course that is more than 30 hours shall contain at least 100 items. A course that is 30 hours or less shall contain a minimum of 50 items. All questions shall be multiple choice with 4 answer choices each. The order of the examination questions may not follow the sequence of the course content. No examination shall contain more than 20% duplication of questions. The examination shall comply with the Item Writing Guidelines as of January 29, 2004, incorporated herein by reference. Approval of satisfactory course completion shall not be issued to any student having absences in excess of 10% of the classroom hours.
(4) through (5) No change.
(6) Credit towards the classroom hour requirement may also be satisfied by teaching appraisal courses. Registered trainee appraisers may not satisfy any requirement of this rule with any course they have instructed. The appraisal courses must cover substantially the same subject matter as the Board prescribed courses. Credit shall be awarded on an hour-for-hour basis. Credit shall only be granted on a one time basis for teaching a particular appraisal course and shall be limited to fifty percent (50%) of the classroom hour requirement per renewal cycle. The Board may request supportive documentation to ascertain course content and to verify the date(s), time, place and hours taught.
Rulemaking Specific Authority 475.614 FS. Law Implemented 475.613, 475.615, 475.617 FS. HistoryNew 10-15-91, Formerly 21VV-4.001, Amended 1-9-94, 3-10-98, 9-6-98, 10-10-99, 5-25-04, 5-15-05, 1-17-06, 2-6-07, 12-6-07, 3-24-09,________.
