RULE NUMBER: Policy 3.44.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To codify standards for the District’s use of the High, Objective, Uniform, State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) to determine an experienced teacher to be "highly qualified" under the No Child Left Behind Act.

SUMMARY: Specifies standards and procedures for experienced Florida certificated educators in this District to verify core content-area competency and knowledge as defined by NCLB standards to satisfy the highly-qualified teacher criteria without having to take additional courses or take specific Florida subject-area exams; and they will no longer be considered out-of-field in the core content area being verified.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: Fla. Stat. §§ 1001.41(2); 1001.42(22).

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: Fla. Stat. § 1012.42; 20 U.S.C. § 7801(23).

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (optional, if one has been prepared): None prepared. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

CONTACT PERSON: Gerre Wood, 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSONS ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE: Gerre Wood and Marion Weil.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's web site at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm .

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED REVISION WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: May 31, 2006.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: May 17, 2006, in The Palm Beach Post.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: Adoption of the proposed rule is anticipated to be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on July 26, 2006, anticipated to begin at 2:15 p.m. in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. AGENDA: A copy of the agenda will be available by July 19 on the District's Web site. Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours in advance by contacting the Board clerk at 434-8139. This hearing is open to the public.

Publish: June 28, 2006