To reflect the update of s. 1003.01, Florida Statutes (F.S.), during the 2022 Legislative Session. The effect will include an updated definition of a “child who is developmentally delayed,” the required documentation, and ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.03027Special Programs for Children Three Through Five Years Old who are Developmentally Delayed

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To reflect the update of s. 1003.01, Florida Statutes (F.S.), during the 2022 Legislative Session. The effect will include an updated definition of a “child who is developmentally delayed,” the required documentation, and clarified evaluation procedures.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Age of a child who is developmentally delayed.

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

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.01(3), 1003.57, 1003.571, 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: June 24, 2022, 10:00 a.m., EDT

PLACE: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocuCpqj8oGte5TRXGdAV-r7kmIY187gCc.

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, [phone]. To comment on this rule development or to request a 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.