The purpose and effect of this rule amendment is to address the timeline for initial ESE evaluations and to update the Parental Consent Form Instruction in Florida’s Access Points - Alternate Academic Achievement Standards ....  

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    State Board of Education

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    6A-6.0331General Education Intervention Procedures, Evaluation, Determination of Eligibility, Reevaluation and the Provision of Exceptional Student Education Services

    PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of this rule amendment is to address the timeline for initial ESE evaluations and to update the Parental Consent Form Instruction in Florida’s Access Points - Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AP-AAAS) and Administration of the Statewide, Standardized Alternate Assessment including revisions to align the form with Rule 6A-1.0943, F.A.C., Statewide Assessment for Students with Disabilities, which was revised to include a definition for most significant cognitive disability and eligibility to be assessed on alternate academic achievement standards.

    SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Evaluation timeline for students with disabilities and Parental Consent Form Instruction in Florida’s Access Points - Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (AP-AAAS) and Administration of the Statewide, Standardized Alternate Assessment.

    RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.4282, 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715 , F.S.

    LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.01(3)(a), (b), 1003.4282, 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 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: May 25, 2022, 11:00 a.m. EDT

    PLACE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pXPpLhCBSWWf2XYGxwn9Fg

    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 Education and Student Services, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, 850-245-0475. To comment on this rule development, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, (850)245-9601 or email Christian.Emerson@fldoe.org.

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