To reflect the updates of section 1003.5716, Florida Statutes (F.S.), during the 2023 Legislative Session. The proposed rule amendment will require earlier notification to students with disabilities and their parents regarding ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.03311Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures for Parents and Students with Disabilities

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To reflect the updates of section 1003.5716, Florida Statutes (F.S.), during the 2023 Legislative Session. The proposed rule amendment will require earlier notification to students with disabilities and their parents regarding self-determination and the legal responsibilities of the educational decisions that transfer to the student upon age 18. Other technical changes will be made.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Transfer of rights for students with disabilities.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1003.01(3), 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1008.212, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.01(3), 1003.57, 1003.571, 1003.5715, 1008.212, 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: September 5, 2023, 10 – 11 a.m. EDT, or upon conclusion of business, whichever is earlier.

PLACE: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9a56210b-81e7-415e-a540-2dafa5a2afc3@63bf107b-cb6f-4173-8c1c-1406bb5cb794

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Chelsea Strickland, Bureau of Exceptional Student Education, [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, [phone] or email [e-mail].

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