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Notice: 12667829

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Division:

State Board of Education

Chapter:

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Overview

RULE:

6A-14.0411

Employment Contracts for Full-Time Faculty

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the rule development is to revise the current process and criteria for issuing continuing contracts.  In addition, criteria for post-award performance reviews are added, and grounds for termination of continuing contracts are revised to include failure to meet the post-award performance criteria.  The effect will be a rule aligned with Florida Statutes.

SUMMARY:

The proposed rule:
•	Requires (5) years of service for eligibility for a continuing contract, rather than (3) years;
•	Provides that the institution may consider satisfactory performance in other institutions of higher learning to meet the required years of service;
•	Requires each district board of trustees to establish criteria which must be met by  full-time faculty members before continuing contracts may be awarded; 
•	Establish criteria which must be included for eligibility for continuing contract;
•	Establishes criteria for optional eligibility for continuing contract; requires each district board of trustees to develop criteria to measure student success and to use such criteria as a criteria for eligibility for a continuing contract; 
•	Requires each district board of trustees to adopt a policy requiring periodic post-award performance reviews for faculty under continuing contracts, and to utilize the criteria for eligibility in the performance review;
•	Provides an effective date.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

1001.02. 1012.83, 1012.855, Florida Statutes.

LAW:

1012.83, Florida Statutes.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

2/21/2013 Vol. 39/36

COMMENTS:

From 2/21/2013 To 3/14/2013 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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