The purpose of this rule amendment is to adopt new competencies and skills for the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) Computer Science K-12 and Technology Education 6-12 subject areas, effective April 1, 2014. In addition, new passing scores for the Professional Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) K-12, Mathematics 6-12, Middle Grades Mathematics 5-9, and the new Prekindergarten/Primary PK-3 examinations will be adopted. These newly adopted passing scores will take effect March 1, 2014. The effect of these changes will be updated competencies and skills for the FTCE and modification of existing passing score requirements for the affected examinations.