To ensure IDEA requirements are addressed with respect to matters that can be the subject of a mediation, as defined in 34 C.F.R. § 300.506. Per federal guidance, this amendment will clarify the wording of this rule so it ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.03311Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures for Parents and Students with Disabilities

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To ensure IDEA requirements are addressed with respect to matters that can be the subject of a mediation, as defined in 34 C.F.R. § 300.506. Per federal guidance, this amendment will clarify the wording of this rule so it is clear that mediation is available regardless of whether the parent has filed a request for a due process hearing.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Mediation process for students with disabilities.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.01(3), 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1008.212, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.01(3), 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1008.212, F.S.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: March 21, 2022, 9:30 a.m. EDT

PLACE: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYoc-ChqTItGdyDdXbKq2gi8GHMkHS9fQT8.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Victoria Gaitanis, Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Student Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, [phone]. To comment on this rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or email [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.