Pursuant to Section
1009.26(10),
F.S., Florida colleges may waive tuition and associated matriculation fees for
classroom teachers enrolled in courses approved by the Department of Education
for up to six (6) college credit hours per term. The Department will implement
the following approval process for the courses applicable to this
waiver.
(1) The Department will
identify course prefixes listed in the Statewide Course Numbering System
established according to Section
1007.24, F.S., in the areas of
special education, mathematics, and science. All undergraduate courses with
levels 1 through 4 and designated by the identified prefixes will be eligible
for the waiver.
(2) The Department
will submit the proposed list of eligible prefixes and all requested updates to
the Articulation Coordinating Committee established in Section
1007.01(3),
F.S. The initial list and all updates must be approved by the Articulation
Coordinating Committee and the Department. A course prefix shall be approved if
courses containing the prefix relate to special education, mathematics, or
science at the undergraduate level.
(3) Upon approval of the list by the
Articulation Coordinating Committee and the Department, the Department will
publish the Course Prefix Listing Approved for the Teacher Waiver, (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-00246)
2011 which is hereby incorporated by reference in this rule and may be obtained
at
http://www.fldoe.org/policy/articulation/.
All undergraduate courses with levels 1 through 4 and designated by the
identified prefixes will be eligible for the waiver.
(4) Any interested person may submit a
request for modification of the Course Prefix Listing Approved for the Teacher
Waiver by submitting a request in writing to: articulation@fldoe.org or Office
of Articulation, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida
32399.
