To remove the requirement that Reading passages and items found in the General Knowledge Test for teacher certification must be read by the examinee with a disability by visual or tactical means, such as Braille. The effect is that special test ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

6A-4.0021  Florida Teacher Certification Examinations

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To remove the requirement that Reading passages and items found in the General Knowledge Test for teacher certification must be read by the examinee with a disability by visual or tactical means, such as Braille. The effect is that special test arrangements for a visually impaired examinee may include a reader or reader software, even for the Reading portions of the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Florida Teacher Certification Examinations.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1012.55(1), 1012.56, 1012.59, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1012.55, 1012.56, 1012.59, 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: Phil Canto, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Postsecondary Assessment, Office of Assessment, Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 414, Tallahassee, FL, 32399, [phone]. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or [e-mail] or go to https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

 

Available at https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.