To account for the following changes in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program administration: 1) clarify the Department has 30 days from the Scholarship Funding Organization (SFO) application deadline to notify SFOs of deficiencies; 2) require ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0960Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To account for the following changes in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program administration: 1) clarify the Department has 30 days from the Scholarship Funding Organization (SFO) application deadline to notify SFOs of deficiencies; 2) require SFOs to include additional student demographic information; 3) require SFOs to indicate the type and funding source for each student’s scholarship; 4) include reference to s. 212.099, F.S., the Sales Tax Scholarship Program; 5) update statutory references; and 6) remove language no longer addressed in statute.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The SFO application process, data SFOs are required to provide to Department of Education and removal and amendment of language to ensure consistency with corresponding statute.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1002.395, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.395, 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: Adam Miller, Executive Director, Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1044, Tallahassee, Florida 32399. To comment on this rule development or to request a rule development workshop go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or you may 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.