This amendment updates the rule that governs the administration of the Hope Scholarship Program. House Bill 1403 (2024) streamlined many of the provisions to the Hope Scholarship Program, including its original funding source ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0951The Hope Scholarship Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This amendment updates the rule that governs the administration of the Hope Scholarship Program. House Bill 1403 (2024) streamlined many of the provisions to the Hope Scholarship Program, including its original funding source (sales tax contributions from motor vehicle sales) and merged it with the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, but its requirements for parental notification for the incidents in s. 1002.40(3), F.S., remain.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Hope Scholarship program

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1002.40(5), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.40, 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 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., ET, or until conclusion of business, whichever is earlier.

PLACE: Via conference call, 1(888)585-9008, Passcode 557-224-161

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Adam Emerson, Executive Director, Independent Education and Parental Choice, 325 W. Gaines St., Suite 1044, Tallahassee, FL 32399 [phone], [e-mail]. 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, [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.