To identify which areas of certification include reading instruction or intervention for any students in kindergarten through grade 6. Educators holding certificates with the identified coverages will be required to earn a minimum of two college ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-4.0051Renewal and Reinstatement of a Professional Certificate

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To identify which areas of certification include reading instruction or intervention for any students in kindergarten through grade 6. Educators holding certificates with the identified coverages will be required to earn a minimum of two college credits or the equivalent in-service points in the use of explicit, systematic and sequential approaches to reading instruction, developing phonemic awareness and implementing multisensory intervention strategies. The requirement applies upon the renewal of the validity period, beginning with those certificates with a validity period starting July 1, 2020.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Reading Endorsement.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02, 1012.55, 1012.585, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1012.55, 1012.585, 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: October 8, 2019, 2:00 p.m. EDT.

PLACE: https://zoom.us/j/472604114.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Daniel M. Moore, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Educator Certification 325 West Gaines Street, 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:

 

Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/Rules/Default.aspx prior to October 8, 2019.