To incorporate forms utilized by the Division’s Vocational Rehabilitation Program (VR), which allows the Division to effectively operate the program within federal guidelines.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-18.046Incorporation by Reference

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To incorporate forms utilized by the Division’s Vocational Rehabilitation Program (VR), which allows the Division to effectively operate the program within federal guidelines.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The Division is authorized by statute to adopt, via rule, policies, and procedures for providing vocational rehabilitation services to Floridians who are blind/visually impaired. These policies and procedures include instructions the Division uses in its general administration of the DBS employment program. This action will incorporate the DBS Vocational Rehabilitation Procedures Manual into the existing rule as additional references to assist clients in reaching the employment goals.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 413.011(3)(l), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 413.011, 413.051, 413.091, F.S.

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

DATE AND TIME: August 12, 2024, 11:00 a.m.

PLACE: TEAMS Conference Call, https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTQ3MmRhMjQtOTc5MC00M2MzLWIwNTYtODJkYjk0MzUzY2Fl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2263bf107b-cb6f-4173-8c1c-1406bb5cb794%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22799a821b-3a80-4e75-8c84-e55aac3124cc%22%7d, Meeting ID: 267 073 516 198, Passcode: FmMGL8.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Robert L. Doyle, III, Director, Division of Blind Services, 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1114, Tallahassee, FL 32399, [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development, 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.