To update and clarify the underage exemption process for taking the High School Equivalency test if under the age of 18 years old.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0201State of Florida High School Diplomas, as of January 1, 2014

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update and clarify the underage exemption process for taking the High School Equivalency test if under the age of 18 years old.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: High school equivalency diplomas.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.435(1), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.435, F.S.

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

DATE AND TIME: June 30, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6011474702938393431

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Ashley Olevitch, High School Equivalency Program Manager, Division of Career and Adult Education, [phone], [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, 850-245-9601 or email [e-mail].

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