To update Rule 6A-6.0981; Form VSP-02 Virtual Instruction Program Application for Provider Approval; and Form VSP-02R Virtual Instruction Program Application for Provider Renewal. The rule will be updated to reflect change ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0981Provider Approval and Renewal for Virtual Instruction Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update Rule 6A-6.0981; Form VSP-02 Virtual Instruction Program Application for Provider Approval; and Form VSP-02R Virtual Instruction Program Application for Provider Renewal. The rule will be updated to reflect change in provider approval, incorporate Model Virtual Instruction Program Contract (Form VIP-C) and Virtual Instruction Financial Statement (Form VIP-FS) into rule, and applicant’s assurance of submitting audit report to the State Board of Education and the Auditor General. The applications will be updated to reflect new B.E.S.T. Standards.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Applications for Virtual Instruction Program Providers.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1002.45(11), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.45, 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 30, 2022, 10 a.m.

PLACE: Conference Call: 1(888)585-9008; Conference ID: 557-224-161.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Sandy Eggers, Virtual Education Director, Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, [e-mail]. 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 prior to rule workshop at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.