Summary
The proposed amendments to the rule will incorporate juvenile justice detention, prevention, and day treatment programs as schools evaluated under the school improvement ratings model. In the 2024 legislative session, House Bill 1425 amended section (s.) 1003.52, Florida Statutes (F.S.), to eliminate the current DJJ accountability ratings system and require that educational services provided at juvenile justice detention, prevention and day treatment programs be evaluated under the school improvement ratings model. DJJ residential programs previously evaluated under the DJJ accountability ratings system will be evaluated under an accountability model developed by the DJJ for the Florida Scholars Academy under s. 985.619, F.S. Additionally, the proposed amendments include technical changes to existing rule references.