To promote the expeditious investigation of mandatory reports of misconduct received by the Department of Education, as well as allowing a timely mechanism for the Commissioner of Education to exercise his authority to recommend removal of school ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-10.082Mandatory Reporting of Offenses Affecting the Health, Safety or Welfare of Florida Students

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To promote the expeditious investigation of mandatory reports of misconduct received by the Department of Education, as well as allowing a timely mechanism for the Commissioner of Education to exercise his authority to recommend removal of school district personnel from direct student contact.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Department of Education response to school district reporting of certain offenses.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1001.02(2)(n), 1012.795, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1012.796(1), 1012.796(5), FS.

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 28, 2020, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82265459254?pwd=d0lhWGQvS1ZQRXgxdm5HUlVQQ0tDUT09, meeting ID: 822 6545 9254 and Passcode: 0VMVgC.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Randy Kosec, Jr., Chief, Office of Professional Practices Services, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite #224, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone]. 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: Will be available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules prior to August 28th.