The purpose and effect of this rule development is to update the referenced rules relating to provision of services to ELLs in Florida public schools to reflect current achievement levels on statewide standardized assessments, to adopt a new annual ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

6A-6.09021Annual English Language Proficiency Assessment for English Language Learners (ELLs)

6A-6.0903Requirements for Exiting English Language Learners from the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program

6A-6.0905Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose and effect of this rule development is to update the referenced rules relating to provision of services to ELLs in Florida public schools to reflect current achievement levels on statewide standardized assessments, to adopt a new annual English language proficiency assessment, and to update the District English Language Learner Plan, including the following revisions: Rule 6A-6.09021, F.A.C., Annual English Language Proficiency Assessment for ELLs: This rule will be revised to adopt a new annual English language proficiency assessment to be administered to ELLs. The 2016 administration of the new assessment will be a baseline year, after which final proficiency levels will be established in future rulemaking. The proposed revisions will establish the proficiency levels on the assessments administered in 2016; Rule 6A-6.0903, F.A.C., Requirements for Exiting ELLs from the ESOL Program:

This rule will be revised to reflect current achievement levels on the Florida Standards Assessment in English Language Arts (FSA in ELA), which will be used in determining English language proficiency for the purpose of exiting students from the ESOL program; and Rule 6A-6.0905, F.A.C., Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan: This rule will be revised to update the form for the District English Language Learners Plan that school districts submit to the Florida Department of Education pursuant to section 1003.56, Florida Statutes.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Annual English language proficiency assessments for ELLs in Florida public schools, requirements for exiting ELLs from the ESOL program, and the form for the District English Language Learners Plan that school districts submit to the Florida Department of Education pursuant to section 1003.56, Florida Statutes.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02, 1003.56, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1003.56, 1011.62, 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: March 16, 2016, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

PLACE: Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 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.