The proposed rule amendment revises rule language to reflect amended statutory language and remove outdated policies. Additionally, the amendment removes incorporated forms from the rule and replaces them with references ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division of Early Learning

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6M-8.604Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Curriculum Approval Process

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule amendment revises rule language to reflect amended statutory language and remove outdated policies. Additionally, the amendment removes incorporated forms from the rule and replaces them with references to where the curriculum approval specifications, policies and procedures for VPK curriculum approval will be located. This provides the Department with the necessary flexibility to revise these documents without requiring rule development each time procedures are updated.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: VPK curriculum review and approval process.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(2)(n), 1002.79, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.67, 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: August 12, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST or upon conclusion of business, whichever is earlier.

PLACE: GoToWebinar - https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3716724676094662486

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Cassandra Jackson, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399, telephone: [phone] or email: [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, [e-mail].

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