Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-6 - SPECIAL PROGRAMS I › Section 6A-6.0906 - Monitoring of Programs for English Language Learners

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The Florida Department of Education shall monitor districts
				  to ensure compliance with Rules
				  6A-6.0900 through
				  6A-6.09091 and
				  6A-1.09432, F.A.C., and all
				  applicable federal and state laws and regulations including Sections
				  1000.05,
				  1001.03,
				  1002.20,
				  1003.56 and
				  1010.305, F.S. Monitoring shall
				  include periodic reviews of the following areas:
(1) Program compliance.
(a) Monitoring shall be in conjunction with
				and reports shall be consistent with the comprehensive monitoring system of the
				Division of Public Schools in accordance with Rule
				6A-1.0453, F.A.C.
(b) Compliance shall be determined and
				documented in the following areas:
1.
				Identification, assessment and programmatic assessment of English Language
				Learners as defined in Rule
				6A-6.0902, F.A.C.;
2. Provision for and implementation of basic
				ESOL instruction, ESOL instruction in basic subject areas, or home language
				instruction in basic subject areas as defined in Rule
				6A-6.0904, F.A.C.;
3. Employment of qualified personnel as
				defined or addressed in Rules
				6A-1.0503,
				6A-4.0244,
				6A-4.0245,
				6A-6.0907 and
				6A-1.09441, F.A.C.;
				and,
4. Parental involvement as
				defined or addressed in Rule
				6A-6.0904,
				F.A.C.
(c) When
				applicable, compliance with the following categorical program and supportive
				service area requirements as provided in law and rule:
1. Compensatory or remedial
				education;
2. Exceptional student
				education;
3. Dropout
				prevention;
4.
				Pre-kindergarten;
5. Pre-first
				grade classes;
6. Career and
				Technical Education;
7.
				Adult;
8. Student services; and,
9. Extended
				day.
(d) Periodic reviews
				of local district compliance with the Florida Educational Equity Act shall
				include a review of requirements in Chapter 6A-19, F.A.C., with regard to equal
				access to categorical programming for eligible national minority students.
				Reviews will be conducted in accordance with Rules
				6A-19.010 and
				6A-1.0453, F.A.C.
(e) Data shall be collected annually for all
				students by the school district and the Department of Education in the
				following areas:
1. Student's home
				language;
2. Student's national
				origin; and,
3. Student classified
				as English Language Learner.
(f) Data shall be collected annually for
				English Language Learners by the school district and the Department of
				Education in the following areas:
1. Student
				classified as English proficient;
2. Student reclassified as English Language
				Learner;
3. Student reclassified as
				English Language Learner but not receiving programming as required in Rule
				6A-6.0904, F.A.C.;
4. Student in Title I Programs or other
				federal programs;
5. Student
				passing the statewide assessment;
6. Student not passing the statewide
				assessment;
7. Student in
				compensatory or remedial education programs;
8. Student in exceptional student education
				program;
9. Student in dropout
				prevention program; and,
10.
				Student in prekindergarten program.