To establish the requirements for determining qualifications for students to earn a gold or silver seal of biliteracy designation on their diploma and high school transcript.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-1.09951Requirements for the Florida Seal of Biliteracy Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To establish the requirements for determining qualifications for students to earn a gold or silver seal of biliteracy designation on their diploma and high school transcript.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Seal of Biliteracy program.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1003.432, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.432, 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 7, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PLACE: Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 1703, Tallahassee, Florida 32399

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Chane Eplin, Chief, Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (SALA), Department of Education, [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail]. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Cathy Schroeder, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or e-mail: [e-mail] or 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.