FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
    John L. Winn
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Chairman
    Commissioner of Education
    Members
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
    DR. AKSHAY DESAI
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
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    Contact Person:
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
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    NAME: Beverly Gregory
    PHONE: 850/245-0431
    EMAIL: beverly.gregory@fldoe.org
    MEMORANDUM
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    K12: 2007- 36
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    District School Superintendents
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    District
    Certification
    Officers
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    FROM:
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    Cheri Pierson Yecke, Ph.D.
    DATE:
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    February 20, 2007
    SUBJECT:
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    No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Highly Qualified Elementary Teacher
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    Requirements
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    The Florida Department of Education has developed an additional way for districts to establish
    an elementary teacher’s highly qualified status per NCLB for teachers coming to Florida from
    another state. Attached is an updated requirements chart that includes an additional option for
    highly qualified (HQT) experienced elementary level teachers. This chart replaces the revised
    NCLB elementary teacher chart of March 2006.
    This option (number three on the chart) allows school districts, when hiring experienced
    teachers from another state, to send a verification form to another state department of
    education. By completing the form, the other state department verifies that the veteran teacher
    met that state’s HQT designation by earning a passing score on an appropriate subject content
    test. This new option would then eliminate the requirement that the experienced elementary
    teacher from out of state be required to pass the Florida subject content test to establish HQT
    status. I hope this is helpful to you and will make the process easier.
    If you have questions regarding the revised requirements chart or required verification form,
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    please contact Beverly Gregory as shown above.
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    CHERI PIERSON YECKE, PH.D.
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    CHANCELLOR, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org

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