To amend the title of the rule (to include “and 250-Day School Year for Juvenile Education Programs) and add a provision to operate a juvenile justice education nonresidential school or program for a term of two hundred ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-1.045111Hourly Equivalent to 180-Day School Year

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To amend the title of the rule (to include “and 250-Day School Year for Juvenile Education Programs) and add a provision to operate a juvenile justice education nonresidential school or program for a term of two hundred fifty (250) actual teaching days or the hourly equivalent which is no fewer than one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) instructional hours. The district school board may decrease the minimum number of days of instruction by up to 20 days or the equivalent hours for teacher planning for nonresidential programs. Each teacher-planning day is equivalent to five (5) instructional hours. Also a provision is added to operate a juvenile justice education residential school or program for a term of two hundred fifty (250) actual teaching days. The district school board may decrease the minimum number of days of instruction by up to 10 days for teacher planning for residential programs.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Instructional hour requirement for juvenile justice education nonresidential and residential school or program.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1001.42(12)(a), 1001.51(11)(a), 1003.02(1)(g), 1011.60(2), 1011.61, F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.42(12)(a), 1001.51(11)(a), 1003.02(1)(g), 1011.60(2), 1011.61, F.S.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

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

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