To revise the uniform assessment calendar template that is incorporated in this Rule in response to changes made during the 2022 Legislative session, specifically regarding definitions included in the template and the calculation ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.RULE TITLE:

6A-1.094224:Uniform Assessment Calendar

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To revise the uniform assessment calendar template that is incorporated in this Rule in response to changes made during the 2022 Legislative session, specifically regarding definitions included in the template and the calculation of testing time.

SUMMARY: The amendment will add “progress monitoring” to the list of terms defined in the template, in accordance with sections 1008.22(7)(i), Florida Statutes, as amended during the 2022 Legislative session (Senate Bill 1048). The amendment will also revise the total testing time table included in the template to allow districts to provide to the Department, by grade level, the range and median number of minutes per school year, including as a percentage of net instructional time, students in prekindergarten through grade 5 spend on district-required assessments and coordinated screening and progress monitoring and state-required assessments and coordinated screening and progress monitoring, to allow the Department to collect the information required by Senate Bill 2524 (2022).

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: The Rule amendment only includes changes to the uniform assessment calendar template already incorporated in Rule in order to provide the Department, parents, and other stakeholders with the most accurate information possible; therefore, there is no impact on economic growth, private sector job creation, employment, private sector investment, or business competitiveness. If there is any impact on such economic growth and private sector job creation, the impact would be positive because the use of a uniform assessment calendar aids in the uniformity of standardized testing across the state and, by making the uniform assessment calendar available to parents, assists in preparing students for standardized assessments, leading to higher testing performance. For the same reasons, though no impact on business competitiveness is anticipated, any impact would be positive. For the same reasons, the proposed amendment is not likely to increase regulatory costs factors listed in s. 120.541(2)(a), F.S., and will not require legislative ratification.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1002.23(5), 1008.22(7)(i), (13), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.23(5), 1008.22(7), F.S.

A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: August 17, 2022, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Pensacola State College. Switzer Center for Visual Arts (Bldg. 15), 1000 College Boulevard, Pensacola, FL 32504.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Vince Verges, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement, Office of Assessment, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 414, Tallahassee, FL 32399, [phone].

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

6A-1.094224 Uniform Assessment Calendar.

(1) through (4) No change.

(5) The Uniform Statewide Assessment Calendar template, Form ARM 001, effective September March 2022, (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14063) is incorporated herein by reference and made part of this rule. Copies of the Uniform Assessment template may be obtained from the Office of Assessment, Division of Accountability Research and Measurement, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-0400 or by emailing [e-mail].

 

Rulemaking Authority 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1002.23(5), 1008.22(7)(i), (13) F.S. Law Implemented 1002.23(5), 1008.22(7) F.S. History‒New 7-26-16, Amended 10-17-17, 10-18-18, 3-15-22,

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Vince Verges, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement.

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Manny Diaz Jr., Commissioner, Department of Education.

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: July 11, 2022

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: June 13, 2022