To update components of Florida College System textbook affordability policies and reporting requirements, including: the removal of the seventy-five (75) day requirement language to notify bookstores of adopted materials; ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-14.092Textbook Affordability

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update components of Florida College System textbook affordability policies and reporting requirements, including: the removal of the seventy-five (75) day requirement language to notify bookstores of adopted materials; the inclusion of reasonable exceptions to the forty-five (45) day posting requirement pursuant to Section 1004.085(5); and general clean up to clarify reporting requirements. Other technical changes will be made to rule language. The effect is removing intrusive language, adding provisions to align with the statute, and providing clear, explicit guidance regarding reasonable exceptions and reporting requirements.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Selection and adoption of textbooks at (FCS) institutions.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1004.085(5), (7), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1004.085, F.S.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: August 17, 2021, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

PLACE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7256741975431192332.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Mike Sfiropoulos, Ph.D., Director of Academic Affairs, Division of Florida Colleges, [e-mail] or [phone]. To comment on this 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.