FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

BETTY COXE

 

CHARLIE CRIST

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

 

Commissioner

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

 

 

 

November 27, 2002

 

 

 

M E M O R A N D U M

 

 

TO:

 

  

District School Superintendents

Directors of Title I Programs

District Certification Contacts

Directors of Personnel

 

FROM:

Betty Coxe

 

SUBJECT:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act

 

Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements Update to October 4, 2002 Chart

 

 

  

This memorandum and the accompanying chart (revised November 27, 2002) are sent to

provide a change to a critical timeline for “not new” teachers of core academic subjects in

Title I schoolwide or targeted assistance programs. These teachers are the teachers who

were hired before or on the first day of school in the 2002-2003 school year, and therefore

are classified as “not new” teachers. The clarification is that the not new teachers in Title I

programs have the same timeline for compliance with the requirements to meet the NCLB

highly qualified requirements as other not new teachers of core academic subjects in the

district. The timeline for not new teachers to meet requirements for designation as a highly

qualified teacher is no later than the end of the 2005-2006 school year.

  

We regret that an incorrect timeline of 2002-2003 school year for not new Title I teachers

was shown on page two of the chart dated October 4, 2002. This version dated

November 27, 2002, replaces and supersedes the earlier chart. Please contact Beverly

Gregory at edcert@fldoe.org if additional clarification is needed.

 

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