School Readiness Program Curricula

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Florida's Office of Early Learning

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6M-4.710School Readiness Program Curricula

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 40, No. 56, March 21, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The change is in response to comments submitted by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee in a letter dated March 31, 2014. The changes are as follows:

The rule is to now read:

 

6M-4.710 School Readiness Program Curricula.

The specifications, policies and procedures for the School Readiness curriculum approval process are contained in the documents, “Florida School Readiness Program: Policies and Procedures for Curriculum Approval 2014-2015,” Form OEL-SR-7101(effective March 2014) and “Florida School Readiness Program: Curriculum Approval Specifications 2014-2015,” Form OEL-SR-7102 (effective March 2014). Forms OEL-SR-7101 and OEL-SR-7102 are hereby incorporated by reference in this rule. The following forms are appendices to Form OEL-SR-7101 and are hereby incorporated by reference: Form SR-Curr1(effective March 2014) entitled “Committee Member Application,” Form SR-Curr1a (effective March 2014) entitled “Committee Member Agreement,” Form SR-Curr2 (effective March 2014) entitled “Intent to Submit,” Form SR-Curr3 (effective March 2014) entitled “Submitter Registration”, Form SR-Curr4 (effective March 2014) entitled “Submitter Agreement” and Form SR-Curr6 (effective March 2014) entitled “Submitter Written Correlation.” The following form is an appendix to Form OEL-SR-7102 and is hereby incorporated by reference: Form SR-Curr5 (effective March 2014) entitled “Curriculum Evaluation.” Copies of all forms may be obtained on the Office of Early Learning website at www.floridaearlylearning.com or by contacting the Office of Early Learning, Department of Education, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida. The incorporated forms are also available at: http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-03980.

Rulemaking Authority 1001.213(2), 1002.82(2)(l) 411.01(4)(e) FS. Law Implemented 1002.82(2)(l) 411.01(4)(d)3.f. FS. History–New 11-15-12, Amended__________.

 

Changes to Form OEL-SR-7101 (March 2014) are as follows:

On page two: added the form number and corrected the form title to read: School Readiness Program: Curriculum Approval Specifications (Form OEL-SR-7102); the web link for the Early Learning and Development Standards: Birth to Five has been changed to cite to https://www.flrules.org/gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01652 which is the link for the form as adopted in Rule 6M-4.700, F.A.C.

On page three, Sections II.A. , the phrase: “Other interested stakeholders meeting relevant, equivalent criteria” is removed.

One page three, Section II.A.1., the phrase: “Any other interested stakeholders must meet relevant, equivalent criteria to other committee members” is removed.

One page nine, Section V.B.2., the paragraph has been replaced with the following: “OEL may waive minor formalities or irregularities in proposals received where such is merely a matter of form and not substance, and the correction or waiver does not place the submitter at a position of advantage over other submitters, or provide the submitter with a benefit not conferred on other submitters. Minor irregularities are defined as those that do not have an adverse effect on OEL’s interest and do not give a submitter an advantage or benefit not available to other submitters.”

On page ten, Section VI. Appendices, under Composition of Committees, the phrase: “Other interested stakeholders meeting relevant, equivalent criteria” is deleted.

On page ten, Section VI. Appendices, under Qualifications, the phrase: “Any other interested stakeholders chosen must meet relevant, equivalent criteria to other committee members” is deleted.

On page eleven, the second bullet under “Additional Requirements: Members must:” has been deleted and replaced with: “Not have any financial interest in any curriculum he or she reviews”

On page16, Appendix D, in the middle of the page, at the paragraph beginning, “I hereby agree…” the sentence beginning with “Furthermore, the ethical standards outlined in statute” has been changed to read: “Furthermore, the ethical standards as required by s. 1006.31, F.S., . . . .”

Changes to Form OEL-SR-7102 (March 2014) are as follows:

On page one, the Section numbering has been corrected.

On page one, under “Curriculum Content”, the second paragraph references “Rule 6M-4.710” has been corrected to read “Rule 6M-4.700.”

On page seven, the web link for the Early Learning and Development Standards: Birth to Five has been changed to cite to https://www.flrules.org/gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01652 which is the link for the form as adopted in Rule 6M-4.700, F.A.C.

On page seventeen, the reference to the rule in the footer of the form has been changed to read: Rule 6M-4.710, F.A.C.”