To incorporate changes made during the 2021 Legislative Session related to the New Worlds Reading Initiative as indicated in HB-3 as well as program changes related to the Gardiner Scholarship Program as indicated in HB-7045, ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0960Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To incorporate changes made during the 2021 Legislative Session related to the New Worlds Reading Initiative as indicated in HB-3 as well as program changes related to the Gardiner Scholarship Program as indicated in HB-7045, including the Department’s process for designating an administrator for the initiative. The effect will be to update the application process for non-profit scholarship funding organizations (SFOs).

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: New Worlds Reading Initiative and the SFO application process.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1002.395, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.395, F.S.

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: Dr. Dakeyan Graham, Executive Director, Office of Independent Education & Parental Choice, Florida Department of Education at [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 at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.