To implement the new certification pathway for military veterans by creating a new certification application form and specifying eligibility criteria. The effect of the rule change is to provide an additional option for ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

6A-4.0012Application Information

6A-4.002General Provisions

6A-4.004Florida Educator's Certificates with Academic, Administrative, Degreed Career and Technical, and Specialty Class Coverages

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement the new certification pathway for military veterans by creating a new certification application form and specifying eligibility criteria. The effect of the rule change is to provide an additional option for certification applicants who are military veterans to obtain a 5-year Temporary Certificate. Additionally, this rule development will specify that only a 3-year Temporary Certificate can be issued after it has been expired for a year, remove the active duty requirements for members of armed forces reserves to be eligible for the military certification fee waiver and revise the current list of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses incorporated by reference in Rule 6A-4.004, F.A.C., to be aligned with the State Board of Education approved Course Code Directory.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Educator Certification.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(2)(n), 1012.55(1), 1012.56(13), 1012.586, 1012.59(1), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.10(5)(b), 1012.31, 1012.32, 1012.55, 1012.56, F.S.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: June 29, 2022, 11:00 a.m. EDT.

PLACE: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MWQ1MzAwYjktOTE3NC00OWM1LTliNDEtYzY3YzJjZjMzZmEz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2263bf107b-cb6f-4173-8c1c-1406bb5cb794%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a09c4baa-9283-4c79-951e-5ceeacb6b413%22%7d.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Michelle L. Gaines, Bureau Chief, Educator Certification, [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.