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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: October 28, 2024) |
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6. Department of Education |
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6A. State Board of Education |
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6A-6. Special Programs I |
1(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to:
10(a) Aid student acceleration, as part of the College and Career Acceleration component framework in subparagraph 266A-1.09981(4)(c)2. 27F.A.C.;
28(b) Specify the procedures, course requirements, and reporting criteria for clock hour dual enrollment courses for inclusion in the College and Career Acceleration component in school and district grades in Rule 596A-1.09981, 60F.A.C.; and
62(c) Adopt a clock hour career dual enrollment course list for eligibility in the school and district grading calculation in Rule 836A-1.09981, 84F.A.C.
85(2) Definitions. The following definitions 90shall be used in this rule and incorporated documents.
99(a) “Clock hour dual enrollment courses” means 106postsecondary courses creditable toward high school completion and a career certificate or an applied technology diploma degree, measured in clock hours.
127(b) “Completion” means 130the awarding of high school credit upon student completion of the entire clock hour course. Withdrawals, incompletes, and letter grades that do not result in credit are not completions.
159(3) In order for a clock hour course to be included in the College and Career Acceleration component of the school and district grading calculation, the following conditions must be met:
190(a) The course is included on the annually adopted 199“Clock Hour Dual Enrollment Course List for School and District Accountability;”
211(b) The course or courses completed total at least three-hundred (300) clock hours;
224(c) The course or courses totaling at least three-hundred (300) clock hours are included in the same program, as designated by the name and program number on the incorporated list beginning with the 2020-2021 year or thereafter; and
262(d) The 264program in which the course is included must be identified by the Department as leading to an industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding list or the CAPE Postsecondary Industry Certification Funding List as specified in Sections 3021008.44 303and 3041011.62(1), F.S., 306and adopted in Rule 6A-6.0576, F.A.C., for the year in which the course was taken.
321(4) The 323“2022-2023 Clock Hour Dual Enrollment Course List for School and District Accountability”, effective November 2023 (339http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-16039341) is incorporated by reference in this rule. The list may be obtained from the Department of Education, Room 744, Turlington Building, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399.
370(5) Reporting Criteria.
373(a) Any 375eligible course must be reported on the Student Course Transcript Information of the Student Information System for K-12 reporting, as referenced in Rule 3986A-1.0014, 399F.A.C.
400(b) A course 403may only be reported upon student completion of the entire course.
414(c) Clock 416hour dual enrollment courses will only be eligible for inclusion in school and district accountability upon the completion of a course or courses totaling three-hundred (300) or more clock hours.
446Rulemaking Authority 4481001.02(1), 449(2)(n), 4501008.34(6) FS. 452Law Implemented 4541008.34(3) FS. 456History–New 7-14-21, Amended 11-23-22, 11-21-23.
