The purpose of the rule development is to delineate the professional development package designed to provide information that content area teachers need to become proficient in applying scientifically based reading strategies through their content areas, pursuant to Section 1003.413(4)(b), F.S. The effect of the rule will be the provision of professional development that will, upon its completion, allow content area teachers to effectively deliver reading intervention to students who score at level 2 in reading on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and do not need instruction in decoding and text reading efficiency.