To implement the Hope Scholarship Program, pursuant to section 1002.40, Florida Statutes. Specifically, this new rule will address the following: 1) Definition of an eligible Scholarship Funding Organizations (SFO) and an eligible private school; 2)...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-6.0951The Hope Scholarship

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To implement the Hope Scholarship Program, pursuant to section 1002.40, Florida Statutes. Specifically, this new rule will address the following: 1) Definition of an eligible Scholarship Funding Organizations (SFO) and an eligible private school; 2) school districts’ obligation to notify parents of the scholarship and the incorporation of the Hope Scholarship Notification Form (IEPC-HS1); 3) scholarship application process; 4) Hope Scholarship public school option; and 5) expected data and quarterly reports from SFOs.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The Hope Scholarship Program.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1002.40, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.40, FS.

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

DATE AND TIME: June 6, 2018, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: Via conference call: Call in number 1(888)670-3525; passcode 994-517-4167.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Adam Miller, Executive Director, Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1044, Tallahassee, Florida 32399. To comment on this rule development please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or e-mail [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT: https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.