To establish requirements with regard to the convening of an IEP team meeting when a student is not considered appropriate for a full-time virtual program. The proposed rule also makes provision for use of a gifted plan or corresponding ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0334Individual Educational Plans (IEPs) and Educational Plans (EPs) for Transferring Exceptional Students

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To establish requirements with regard to the convening of an IEP team meeting when a student is not considered appropriate for a full-time virtual program. The proposed rule also makes provision for use of a gifted plan or corresponding documentation from an out-of-state district, when a student who has been determined to be gifted in another state moves to Florida.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Transferring exceptional students.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1003.01(3), 1003.57, 1006.09, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.01(3), 1003.57, FS.

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

DATE AND TIME: September 22, 2016, 3:30 p.m.

PLACE: Conference call at 1(888)339-2688; participant pass code is: 74455246; participants may access a presentation by linking to http://tlc-flmtss.adobeconnect.com/auditorium/

For anyone wishing to attend in person: Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 605, Tallahassee, Florida at the time provided above.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Monica Verra-Tirado, Ed.D., Chief, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, [phone]. To submit a comment on this rule development, 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.