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Jane Silveria
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MEMORANDUM
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John L. Winn
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ULIA L. JOHNSON
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Jane.Silveria@fldoe.org
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District Career Education Directors
Area Technical Center Directors
Information Services Directors
Workforce Education Community College Deans
FROM:
Bambi J. Lockman, Chief
Bonnie Marmor, Vice Chancellor for Workforce Education
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education
August 8, 2005
SUBJECT:
Reporting and Awarding Credit to Secondary Students
with Disabilities n Career Education
Educators throughout Florida are working in collaboration to assist students with disabilities to
reach the highest levels of student achievement and successfully transition to adult life.
The Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services and the Division of Community
Colleges and Workforce Education are committed to increasing opportunities for students with
disabilities to prepare for, enter, and succeed in the workforce. When secondary students with
disabilities participate in regular (mainstream) career education programs with the accommodation
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Reporting and Awarding Credit to Secondary Students
with Disabilities in Career Education
August 8, 2005
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of additional time to master competencies, it is important to ensure that the students are awarded
appropriate course credit.
Attached for your information is the technical assistance paper (TAP),
Reporting and Awarding
Credit to Secondary Students with Disabilities in Career Education
. The purposes of the paper are
to (1) clarify the course modifications rule for students with disabilities; (2) provide examples of
circumstances under which secondary students with disabilities might enroll in the same course
more than once in secondary or dual enrollment programs; and, (3) explain how to report and award
appropriate credit to such students. This TAP replaces the one addressing this topic that was
originally disseminated in 1999. This TAP will be available on the Bureau of Exceptional
Education and Student Services web site at http://www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/pub-home.htm.
We hope this information will assist staff as they document student outcomes and refine data
reporting practices. For further information or assistance, contact Dr. Janet Adams, Bureau of
Exceptional Education and Student Services, or Ms. Jane Silveria, Division of Community Colleges
and Workforce Education, at the contact information listed on the first page of this document.
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Transition Contact Persons
Career Development and Transition Project Staff
Project CONNECT Site Contacts
Transition to Independence Process Project Staff and Site Contacts
Community College Office of Services for Students with Disabilities Coordinators
FDLRS Associate Center Contact Persons
FDLRS Transition Contact Persons
