Chapter 6A-6 — Special Programs I
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| 6A-6.001 | Basic Principles for Use of Special Teacher Service Units | |
| 6A-6.002 | Application for STS Service Units | |
| 6A-6.003 | Adjustment for STS Units Not Used According to Law | |
| 6A-6.004 | Types of Service to Be Provided by Use of STS Units | |
| 6A-6.005 | Types of Personnel Not to Be Enployed by Use of STS Units | |
| 6A-6.006 | Qualification of STS Personnel | |
| 6A-6.007 | Use of Funds Allotted for Period beyond Ten Months (Summer Program) | |
| 6A-6.0071 | Reports of Services Rendered in Period beyond Ten Months | |
| 6A-6.009 | Adult Individualized Literacy Instruction Program | |
| 6A-6.010 | General Adult Education (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.01017 | Special Programs for Students Who Are Socially Maladjusted (Repealed) | |
| 6A-6.011 | Definition of Adult Student (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.012 | Plans of Organization and Administration of Local Adult General Education Program (Repealed) | 6/23/2016 |
| 6A-6.013 | Curriculum of Adult General Education | |
| 6A-6.0131 | Responsibilities of Local Sponsors for Implementing the Education for the Handicapped Adult Program (Repealed) | 11/26/2008 |
| 6A-6.0132 | Education for Handicapped Adult Program (Repealed) | 11/26/2008 |
| 6A-6.014 | General Requirements for Adult General Education Program | 8/5/2026 |
| 6A-6.015 | Professional Requirements for Administrators and Supervisors of Adult General Education Program (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.016 | Computation of Instruction Units for Adult General Education | |
| 6A-6.0161 | Determination of Adult General Education Funds | |
| 6A-6.017 | Accreditation of Adult High Schools | |
| 6A-6.018 | Obtaining State Approval of District Adult Education Programs for the Enrollment of Veterans and Eligible Dependents | |
| 6A-6.019 | Establishment of Special Programs of Education and Training for Veterans and Eligible Dependents | |
| 6A-6.020 | Granting High School Credits and Diplomas to Adults | 1/23/2013 |
| 6A-6.0200 | Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education Program | 3/26/2026 |
| 6A-6.0201 | State of Florida High School Diplomas | 10/29/2024 |
| 6A-6.0202 | Awarding High School Diplomas to Honorably Discharged Veterans | 12/3/2013 |
| 6A-6.0203 | Awarding High School Diplomas to Eligible Persons Previously Confined to the Dozier School for Boys or Okeechobee School | 10/29/2024 |
| 6A-6.021 | State of Florida High School Diplomas (Repealed) | 6/25/2014 |
| 6A-6.0211 | Secondary Level Subject Area Examinations | |
| 6A-6.0212 | Performance-Based Exit Option Model and State of Florida High School Performance-Based Diploma | 4/30/2024 |
| 6A-6.022 | Required Instruction in Florida History and Government (Repealed) | 11/13/2012 |
| 6A-6.023 | Comprehensive Health Education | |
| 6A-6.024 | School Entry Health Examination | 12/2/2015 |
| 6A-6.025 | Disbursement of Driver Education Funds (Repealed) | 4/14/1976 |
| 6A-6.0251 | Use of Epinephrine Delivery Device and Anaphylaxis Policy | 8/25/2026 |
| 6A-6.0252 | Use of Prescribed Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements | 2/24/2026 |
| 6A-6.0253 | Diabetes Management | 10/28/2025 |
| 6A-6.026 | Minimum Standards for Program Approval | |
| 6A-6.027 | Forms and Records | |
| 6A-6.030 | Purpose and Basic Principles of Programs for Exceptional Children | |
| 6A-6.0301 | Eligible Exceptional Students | |
| 6A-6.03011 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students with Intellectual Disabilities | 1/4/2009 |
| 6A-6.03012 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students with Speech Impairments and Qualifications and Responsibilities for the Speech-Language Pathologists Providing Speech Services | 7/1/2010 |
| 6A-6.030121 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students with Language Impairments and Qualifications and Responsibilities for the Speech-Language Pathologists Providing Language Services. | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.03013 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility and Assessments for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing | 5/21/2024 |
| 6A-6.03014 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility and Assessments for Students with Visual Impairments | 5/21/2024 |
| 6A-6.03015 | Special Programs for Students who are Physically Impaired (Repealed) | 7/1/2007 |
| 6A-6.030151 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students with Orthopedic Impairment | 12/15/2009 |
| 6A-6.030152 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students with Other Health Impairment | 12/15/2009 |
| 6A-6.030153 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students with Traumatic Brain Injury | 12/15/2009 |
| 6A-6.03016 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities | 12/15/2009 |
| 6A-6.03018 | Exceptional Education Eligibility for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.03019 | Special Instructional Programs for Students who are Gifted | 7/14/2002 |
| 6A-6.030191 | Development of Educational Plans for Exceptional Students Who Are Gifted | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.03020 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students Who Are Homebound or Hospitalized | 6/20/2017 |
| 6A-6.03021 | Special Programs for Students Who Are Profoundly Handicapped (Repealed) | 1/18/2007 |
| 6A-6.03022 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility and Assessments for Students Who Have Dual Sensory Impairments | 8/19/2025 |
| 6A-6.03023 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder | 4/1/2015 |
| 6A-6.03024 | Provision of Occupational or Physical Therapy to Exceptional Students as a Related Service | 8/22/2012 |
| 6A-6.03025 | Special Programs for Exceptional Students who Require Occupational Therapy (Repealed) | 8/22/2012 |
| 6A-6.03026 | Eligibility Criteria for Prekindergarten Children with Disabilities | 3/25/2013 |
| 6A-6.03027 | Special Programs for Children Three Through Nine Years Old who are Developmentally Delayed | 9/20/2022 |
| 6A-6.03028 | Provision of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) and Development of Individual Educational Plans for Students with Disabilities | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-6.030281 | Provision of Equitable Services to Parentally-Placed Private School Students with Disabilities | 12/22/2008 |
| 6A-6.03029 | Development of Individualized Family Support Plans for Children with Disabilities Ages Birth Through Five Years | 12/23/2014 |
| 6A-6.03030 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Infants or Toddlers Birth Through Two Years Old who have Established Conditions | 4/4/2013 |
| 6A-6.03031 | Exceptional Student Education Eligibility for Infants and Toddlers Birth Through Two Years Old who are Developmentally Delayed | 4/4/2013 |
| 6A-6.03032 | Procedural Safeguards for Children with Disabilities Ages Birth Through Two Years | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.03033 | Specialized Instructional Services (SIS) for Voluntary Prekindergarten Children (VPK) with Disabilities | 9/16/2012 |
| 6A-6.031 | Definitions of Terms in Exceptional Child Program | |
| 6A-6.0311 | Eligible Special Programs for Exceptional Students | 3/6/1996 |
| 6A-6.0312 | Course Modifications for Exceptional Students (Repealed) | 6/23/2016 |
| 6A-6.032 | Identification and Placement of Exceptional Children | |
| 6A-6.0321 | Personnel Employed in Special Programs for Exceptional Students | |
| 6A-6.033 | Requirements for Approval of Exceptional Child Education Units | |
| 6A-6.0331 | General Education Intervention Procedures, Evaluation, Determination of Eligibility, Reevaluation and the Provision of Exceptional Student Education Services | 9/23/2025 |
| 6A-6.03311 | Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures for Parents and Students with Disabilities | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-6.03312 | Discipline Procedures for Students with Disabilities | 4/21/2011 |
| 6A-6.03313 | Procedural Safeguards for Exceptional Students Who Are Gifted | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.03314 | Procedural Safeguards for Students with Disabilities Enrolled in Private Schools by Their Parents (Repealed) | 12/22/2008 |
| 6A-6.03315 | Private School Scholarship Compliance | 9/24/2024 |
| 6A-6.0332 | Impartial Review by the Commissioner of a Local Hearing | |
| 6A-6.0333 | Surrogate Parents | 4/21/2011 |
| 6A-6.0334 | Individual Educational Plans (IEPs) and Educational Plans (EPs) for Transferring Exceptional Students | 2/20/2017 |
| 6A-6.034 | Organization and Operation of Exceptional Child Program | |
| 6A-6.0341 | District Procedures for Special Programs for Exceptional Students | |
| 6A-6.03411 | Definitions, ESE Policies and Procedures, and ESE Administrators | 12/23/2014 |
| 6A-6.0342 | Assignment of Full-time Equivalent Student Membership for Special Programs for Exceptional Students | |
| 6A-6.035 | Types of Programs Which May Be Approved for Exceptional Child Units | |
| 6A-6.0351 | Multi-District Programs | |
| 6A-6.036 | Proper Certification of Teachers Required | |
| 6A-6.0361 | Contractual Agreements With Nonpublic Schools and Residential Facilities | 5/15/2011 |
| 6A-6.037 | Exceptional Child Regional Institutes | |
| 6A-6.0371 | Transitional Categorical Programs for the Severely and Profoundly Mentally Retarded | |
| 6A-6.038 | Approval of Projects and Allocation of Funds for Capital Outlay Expenditures for Specialized Equipment | |
| 6A-6.0381 | Utilization of Funds | |
| 6A-6.0382 | Criteria for Equipment Items | |
| 6A-6.0383 | Items of Equipment Allowable | |
| 6A-6.0384 | Fund Accountability | |
| 6A-6.0385 | Arroval | |
| 6A-6.040 | Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Director Credential for Private Providers (Transferred) | 5/19/2008 |
| 6A-6.045 | Approval of Plan for Kindergarten Program | |
| 6A-6.046 | Allocation of Kindergarten Units | |
| 6A-6.047 | Qualifications of Kindergarten Teachers | |
| 6A-6.048 | Responsibilities of Kindergarten Teachers | |
| 6A-6.049 | Physical Facilities for Kindergartens | |
| 6A-6.050 | Transportation of Kindergarten Pupils | |
| 6A-6.052 | Dropout Prevention Programs | 7/26/2016 |
| 6A-6.0521 | Dropout Prevention and Academic Intervention Programs. | 9/24/2024 |
| 6A-6.0522 | Requirements for Mixed and Mainstreamed Dropout Prevention Programs | |
| 6A-6.05221 | Student Support and Assistance Component (Repealed) | 6/23/2016 |
| 6A-6.0523 | Comprehensive Dropout Prevention Plans (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.0524 | Educational Alternatives Programs (Repealed) | 11/21/2017 |
| 6A-6.0525 | Teenage Parent Programs | 2/20/2017 |
| 6A-6.0526 | Substance Abuse Programs (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.0527 | Disciplinary Programs (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.0528 | Youth Services Programs (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.05281 | Educational Programs for Students in Department of Juvenile Justice Detention, Prevention, Residential, or Day Treatment Programs | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-6.05282 | College Reach-Out Program | 2/16/2021 |
| 6A-6.05291 | Course Modification (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.05292 | Common Objective Criteria and Evaluation of Dropout Prevention Programs (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.053 | District Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading Plan | 8/19/2025 |
| 6A-6.0530 | Summer Bridge Program | 8/25/2026 |
| 6A-6.0531 | Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence (RAISE) | 9/23/2025 |
| 6A-6.0532 | New Worlds Reading Initiative | 8/16/2022 |
| 6A-6.0533 | Determining a Substantial Deficiency in Early Mathematics Skills and Substantial Deficiency in Mathematics | 9/23/2025 |
| 6A-6.054 | K-12 Student Reading Intervention Requirements (Repealed) | 10/26/2015 |
| 6A-6.055 | Definitions of Terms Used in Vocational Education and Adult Programs (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.056 | General Requirements for Vocational Education Instruction Funds | |
| 6A-6.057 | Determination and Allocation of Vocational Education Funds | |
| 6A-6.0571 | Career and Technical Education and Adult General Education Standards and Industry-Driven Benchmarks | 6/17/2026 |
| 6A-6.0572 | Fees for Students in Postsecondary Adult Vocational Programs and Courses in School Districts | |
| 6A-6.0573 | Industry Certification Process (Repealed) | 9/20/2022 |
| 6A-6.05731 | Industry Certification of Automotive Service Technology Education Programs (Repealed) | 12/24/2024 |
| 6A-6.05732 | Reimbursement for Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premiums | 5/3/2022 |
| 6A-6.0574 | CAPE Postsecondary Industry Certification Funding List (Repealed) | 9/20/2022 |
| 6A-6.0575 | Clock Hour Dual Enrollment for School and District Accountability | 12/21/2025 |
| 6A-6.0576 | CAPE Industry Certification Funding List | 5/21/2026 |
| 6A-6.0577 | Career Dual Enrollment Courses for Florida Education Finance Program Calculation | 7/2/2024 |
| 6A-6.0578 | Approval and Recognition Process for District Postsecondary Career Centers | 5/21/2026 |
| 6A-6.058 | Special Provisions for Certain Vocational Areas | |
| 6A-6.0581 | Occupational Specialists and Placement Specialists Funds | |
| 6A-6.059 | Duties of Industry Services Advisory Board | |
| 6A-6.0592 | Dropout Retrieval Programs (Repealed) | |
| 6A-6.060 | Industry Defined | |
| 6A-6.061 | Programs of Training Under Industry Services Training Program | |
| 6A-6.062 | Drug Abuse Education | |
| 6A-6.0621 | Comprehensive Vocational Education Program; Definition | |
| 6A-6.063 | Scope of Vocational Education | |
| 6A-6.064 | Types of Vocational Education Courses and Activities | |
| 6A-6.065 | Instructional Components of Vocational Education (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.0651 | Alternative Credit Pilot Program (Repealed) | 5/18/2014 |
| 6A-6.0652 | Competency-Based Education Pilot Program | 3/15/2022 |
| 6A-6.066 | Responsibilities at District Level for Vocational Education | |
| 6A-6.067 | Coordinating Council for Vocational Education, Adult General Education, and Community Instructional Services | |
| 6A-6.068 | Business and Industrial Comminity Support | |
| 6A-6.069 | Administrators of Vocational Education Required | |
| 6A-6.070 | Direct Job Related Vocational Offerings Required for Each School District | |
| 6A-6.071 | Student Services | |
| 6A-6.0711 | Teachers as Advisors Program | |
| 6A-6.0712 | Dropout Reduction Program (Repealed) | |
| 6A-6.0713 | Habitual Truancy: Inter-Agency Agreements (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.072 | Dropout Reduction Program | |
| 6A-6.073 | Vocational Education Improvement Fund | |
| 6A-6.0731 | Career Education | |
| 6A-6.074 | Duties and Responsibilities of the Division of Vocational Education | |
| 6A-6.075 | State Council on Vocational Education | |
| 6A-6.076 | Special Teacher Service Units and Supervisor Units for Vocational Education | |
| 6A-6.077 | Preapprenticeship Programs (Repealed) | 11/22/2011 |
| 6A-6.078 | Area Vocational Education Schools | |
| 6A-6.0781 | Procedures for Appealing a District School Board Decision Denying Application for Charter School | 11/21/2017 |
| 6A-6.0782 | Florida Schools of Excellence Commission Cosponsor Application (Repealed) | 4/8/2012 |
| 6A-6.0783 | District School Board Exclusive Authority to Sponsor Charter Schools (Repealed) | 4/8/2012 |
| 6A-6.0784 | Approval of Charter School Governance Training | 11/21/2023 |
| 6A-6.0785 | Charter School Applicant Training Standards (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.0786 | Forms for Charter School Applicants and Sponsors | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-6.07861 | Model Forms for Charter Technical Career Center Applicants and Sponsors | 8/21/2018 |
| 6A-6.07862 | Model Forms for District Innovation Schools of Technology | 6/25/2014 |
| 6A-6.0787 | Ballot Process for Teacher and Parent Voting for Charter School Conversion Status | 9/24/2024 |
| 6A-6.0788 | Notice Requirements for Charter School Performance Data (Repealed) | 10/17/2017 |
| 6A-6.079 | Area Vocational Technical Center | |
| 6A-6.0790 | Florida College and University Charter School Sponsors | 8/16/2022 |
| 6A-6.0791 | Special Magistrate for Unresolved Student Welfare Complaints at Charter Schools | 11/21/2023 |
| 6A-6.0792 | Charter School Review Commission | 11/29/2023 |
| 6A-6.080 | Certification of Nursing Assistants | |
| 6A-6.081 | Use and Reporting of Funds for Vocational Education | |
| 6A-6.082 | Contractual Arrangements with Nonprofi8t Agencies Offering Educational Alternatives | |
| 6A-6.083 | Missing Florida School Children | 3/4/1984 |
| 6A-6.084 | Adult Fees in School Districts (Repealed) | 3/24/2011 |
| 6A-6.0900 | Programs for English Language Leaners (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.0901 | Definitions Which Apply to Programs for English Language Learners | 10/22/2013 |
| 6A-6.0902 | Requirements for Identification, Eligibility, and Programmatic Assessments of English Language Learners | 5/30/2017 |
| 6A-6.09021 | Annual English Language Proficiency Assessment for English Language Learners (ELLs) | 5/13/2025 |
| 6A-6.09022 | Extension of Services in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program | 12/23/2014 |
| 6A-6.0903 | Requirements for Exiting English Language Learners from the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program | 2/20/2024 |
| 6A-6.09031 | Post Reclassification of English Language Learners (ELLs) | 10/26/2011 |
| 6A-6.0904 | Equal Access to Appropriate Instruction for English Language Learners | 5/7/2009 |
| 6A-6.0905 | Requirements for the District English Language Learners Plan | 5/30/2017 |
| 6A-6.0906 | Monitoring of Programs for English Language Learners | 5/5/2009 |
| 6A-6.0907 | Inservice Requirements for Personnel of Limited English Proficient Students | 10/30/1990 |
| 6A-6.0908 | Equal Access for English Language Learners to Programs Other Than English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) | 5/5/2009 |
| 6A-6.0909 | Exemptions Provided to English Language Learners | 12/23/2014 |
| 6A-6.09091 | Accommodations of the Statewide Assessment Program Instruments and Procedures for English Language Learners | 4/25/2023 |
| 6A-6.0910 | School-Age Child Care (Repealed) | 8/21/2018 |
| 6A-6.0950 | Notice Requirements for Opportunity Scholarship Program | 10/30/2016 |
| 6A-6.0951 | The Hope Scholarship Program | 12/24/2024 |
| 6A-6.0952 | Family Empowerment Scholarship Program | 7/8/2025 |
| 6A-6.0960 | Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program | 9/24/2024 |
| 6A-6.0961 | Gardiner Scholarship Program (Repealed) | 7/1/2022 |
| 6A-6.0962 | New Worlds Scholarship Accounts | 12/24/2024 |
| 6A-6.0963 | Facility Requirements in K-12 Private Schools | 9/26/2023 |
| 6A-6.0970 | John M. McKay Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program (Repealed) | 7/1/2022 |
| 6A-6.0980 | K-8 Virtual School Program (Repealed) | 1/7/2016 |
| 6A-6.0981 | Provider Approval and Renewal for Virtual Instruction Program | 8/27/2024 |
| 6A-6.0982 | Florida Approved Online Course Providers | 8/22/2023 |