To revise the date by which the Department is required to post the populated Uniform Assessment Calendar for the following two years. The rule currently states that the calendars must be posted by August 1 of each year. However, House Bill 7069 (...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-1.094224Uniform Assessment Calendar Requirements

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To revise the date by which the Department is required to post the populated Uniform Assessment Calendar for the following two years. The rule currently states that the calendars must be posted by August 1 of each year. However, House Bill 7069 (signed into law in June 2017) amended s. 1008.22(7), F.S., to require that the calendars instead be posted by January 1 of each year. This amendment will bring rule language into compliance with that statutory language.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Uniform Assessment Calendars.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1002.23(5), 1008.22(7)(g), (12), FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.23(5), 1008.22(7), 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: Vince Verges, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement, Office of Assessment, 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 [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.