To revise test administration timeframes to address alternate timeframes for nontraditional school-year calendars and summer programs. The amendment also adds clarifying language related to qualified test administrators ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division of Early Learning

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6M-8.620Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring Program

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To revise test administration timeframes to address alternate timeframes for nontraditional school-year calendars and summer programs. The amendment also adds clarifying language related to qualified test administrators and early learning and school district responsibilities.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Requirements for VPK provider administration of coordinated screening and progress monitoring.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(2)(n), 1002.79, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1002.68(1), 1008.25(8), F.S.

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

DATE AND TIME: September 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., ET or upon conclusion of business, whichever is earlier.

PLACE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7547426477488040797

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Amber Gibbens, [phone] or [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, [phone] or email [e-mail].

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