The purpose of the rule development is to incorporate the changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) and the 2006 federal regulations.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-6.03028: Development of Individual Educational Plans for Students with Disabilities
6A-6.030281: Development of Services Plans for Students with Disabilities Enrolled in Private School by Their Parents and Provided with Specially Designed Instruction and Related Services by the Local School Board
6A-6.0331: Identification and Determination of Eligibility of Exceptional Students for Specially Designed Instruction
6A-6.03311: Procedural Safeguards for Students with Disabilities
6A-6.03312: Discipline Procedures for Students with Disabilities
6A-6.03314: Procedural Safeguards for Students with Disabilities Enrolled in Private Schools by Their Parents
6A-6.0333: Surrogate Parents
6A-6.0334: Temporary Assignment of Transferring Exceptional Students
6A-6.03411: Policies and Procedures for the Provision of Specially Designed Instruction and Related Services for Exceptional Students
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the rule development is to incorporate the changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) and the 2006 federal regulations.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The rules address exceptional student education including, but not limited to, the development of Individual Educational Plans for students with disabilities; the general education interventions, evaluation, eligibility and reevaluation of students with disabilities; discipline procedures; procedural safeguards; development of service plans for students with disabilities enrolled in private schools by their parents; surrogate parents; transfer of students with disabilities from other school districts or other states; and, policies and procedures for the provision of services.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1003.57 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 20 U.S.C. Section 1408 et seq., Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATES AND TIMES: October 10, 2007, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; October 12, 2007, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.; October 15, 2007, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

PLACE: October 10, 2007 – Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership, 4019 Boulevard Center Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32207

October 12, 2007 – Polk County School Board, Jim Miles Professional Development Center, 5204 US Highway 98 South, Lakeland, Florida 33812

October 15, 2007 – Department of Education, Turlington Building; Room 1725, 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Kim Komisar, Program Director, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 614, Tallahassee, Florida 32339-0400
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS available on the Bureau website at www.fldoe.org\ese under Topics of Special Interest. Comments may be made online or forwarded to the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 614, Tallahassee, Florida 32339-0400, Attention: Kim Komisar