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A++ Implementation

Implementation of A++

Legislation

• House Bill 7087 (PDF)

High School Majors

• Video of Presentation given at Technical Assistance Meetings on the Major Areas of Interest (WMV - Requires Windows Media Player)
• Florida's Over 400 Approved Major Areas of Interest and Their Courses for Secondary Students
• Major Areas of Interest Brochure - It's a Major Opportunity! (PDF, 733KB)
• Memorandum: Update on Secondary Reform and Major Areas of Interest 08/03/2007 (PDF)
• District Submission of High School Major Areas of Interest
• Viewable District and School Major Areas of Interest

Download Files

• District Download Files (State majors & courses, School majors & courses, etc.)

• Download FACTS.org ePEP Course File - This file contains a complete download of ePEP planner information including student demographics, settings, planned courses, and major area of interest (MAI) selections. A new file is available the first Tuesday of every month (in May, the files are provided every Tuesday; files are not provided in August) at NWRDC for authorized users in the Bright Futures Directory, file name OB.DXnn.FACTS.EPEP.COURSES (where ‘nn’ is the school district number).

• Download DOE Reconciliation File – This file compares the MAI information in the FACTS ePEP Course file and/or MAI information entered on a student’s transcript and returns the result. For example, if a student planned to take major 6111 in their ePEP, the reconciliation process will look to see if the student took any high school courses approved for major 6111, and returns the result of the comparison. This file is only available a few times a year, typically following when transcripts are sent, and posted at NWRDC in the Bright Futures directory: OB.DXnn.FACTS.RECON.date.

  *Both the FACTS.org ePEP Course File and DOE Reconciliation File can assist districts identify which majors students intend to use, however, it is the districts’ responsibility to capture this information and record it on student transcripts.

Memos and Technical Assistance

12/16/2008

• Florida’s Guide to Public High School Graduation – It’s a Major Opportunity (2008-2009) (PDF, 309KB)

08/27/2007

• 2007 FACTS.org ePEP Materials Toolkit to arrive in September (PDF)

08/23/2007

• Memo (PDF)
• Questions & Answers (PDF)
• File Descriptions for FACTS.org ePEP Course File and DOE Reconciliation File (PDF)

08/03/2007

• Memorandum: Update on Secondary Reform and Major Areas of Interest (PDF)
• Approval of Dual Enrollment Courses to Satisfy Credit in a High School Major Area of Interest (PDF, 58KB)

07/24/2007

• Dual Enrollment - FASTER Transcript Instruction and Student Advising (PDF, 88KB)

02/19/2007

• Memorandum: Legislative Changes Relating to The Career and Education Planning Course/Updated List of Courses (PDF, 59KB)
• Attachment 1 (PDF, 515KB)
• Attachment 2 (PDF, 348KB)
• Attachment 3 (PDF, 300KB)
• Attachment 4 (PDF, 483KB)
• Chart of all Courses (PDF, 55KB)

01/11/2007

• Memorandum: Resources for A++ Implementation; Major Areas of Interest (PDF, 56KB)
• Attachment 1: 2007 Timeline of Activities for Major Areas of Interest (MAIs) (PDF, 47KB)
  Attachment 2: Florida’s New High School Graduation Opportunities, "It’s a Major Opportunity!" for Students Entering Ninth Grade in 2007-2008, Technical Assistance Powerpoint (will be available soon)
• Attachment 3: Florida’s Guide to Public High School Graduation- It’s a Major Opportunity (2007-2008) (PDF, 371KB)
• Attachment 4: A++ Implementation and Academic Advising Assistance Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (PDF, 177KB)

12/5/2006

• Memorandum: Student Transcript Submission Requirements (PDF)
• Attachment 1: Instructions for Submitting High School Transcripts from School Districts to the FDOE High School Transcript Database and for Using the Transcript Status Reports (PDF)
• Attachment 2: Frequently Asked Questions - Student Transcript Submission Requirements (PDF)

9/12/2006

• Memorandum: Web-based System for High School Major Areas of Interest (Word, 121KB)
• Attachment 1: Process for Proposing Major Areas of Interest (Word, 54KB)
• Attachment 2: Titles and Subtitles of Major Areas of Interest (Excel, 30KB)

9/11/2006

• Memorandum: HB 7087: Changes Regarding Academic Improvement Plans for Students with Disabilities (PDF)

9/8/2006

• Memorandum: 2006 Legislative Changes Relating to School Start Dates (PDF)

9/2006

• Career Academy Technical Assistance Papers

8/30/2006

• Memorandum: 2006 Legislative Changes Regarding School Attendance (Includes Exit Interviews) (PDF)
• Attachment 1: Florida Department of Education Survey of Dropouts (PDF)
• Attachment 2: Florida Department of Education Exit Interview (PDF)

8/10/2006

• Memorandum: New High School Graduation Requirements, "It's a Major Opportunity!" (PDF)
• Attachment 1: Technical Assistance High School Graduation Requirements Beginning 2007-2008 It's a Major Opportunity! (PDF)
• Attachment 2: It's a Major Opportunity! (Diploma Overview) (PDF)
• Attachment 3: It's a Major Opportunity! District Submission of High School Major Areas of Interest (PDF)

8/4/2006

• Memorandum: Exceptional Education Students in Residential Facilities (PDF)
• Memorandum: Educator Certification Legislative Changes 2006 Session (PDF)

7/28/2006

• Memorandum: Technical Assistance Related to the Development of Applied, Integrated, and Combined Courses (PDF)
• Attachment: Technical Assistance Paper (PDF)

7/28/2006

• Memorandum: Legislative Requirements for Content Area Reading Professional Development (PDF)

7/27/2006

• Memorandum: Legislative Changes Relating to Middle Grades Promotion Requirements (PDF)
• Attachment 1: Technical Assistance- Middle Grades Promotion Requirements (PDF)
• Attachment 2: First-time Milestones for Secondary Reform (PDF)
• Attachment 3: Proposed New Courses Available for Middle Schools (PDF)

7/17/2006

• Memorandum: Legislative Changes Relating to Paperwork Reduction (PDF)

6/30/2006

• Memorandum: 2006 Legislative Changes Regarding Instructional Materials and Staff Development (PDF, 61KB)
• Memorandum: Progress Monitoring Plans as Part of Assessment and Remediation (PDF)
• Attachment: Guidance on Progress Monitoring Systems (PDF)

6/20/2006

• Sunshine State Standards Six-Year Cycle (PDF, 103KB)

6/8/2006

• Memorandum: A++ Implementation (PDF)
• Attachment: Summary of Education Code Changes Approved Within House Bill 7087 (A++) (PDF)

6/7/2006

• Memorandum: Weighting of Dual Enrollment Courses (PDF)

5/18/2006

• Memorandum: Speech/Language Services as a Related Service (Word, 116KB)
• Attachment A: Guiding Questions for Determining the Need for Speech/Language as a Related Service (Word, 70KB)
• Attachment B: Speech/Language as a Related Service Communication Impact on Special Education Services (Word, 34KB)

Frequently Asked Questions

• Secondary Reform
• High School Reform
• Middle School Reform
• School Leadership Development
• Incentive Pay
• (Performance Pay, STAR, was addressed in proviso language. Please visit www.fldoe.org/STAR, for more information.)
• Secondary Redesign Plans
• Paperwork Reduction
• School Improvement
• Just Read, Florida!
• School Start Date
• School Grades
• Career Education

Press Releases

12/11/2006

11/29/2006

6/5/2006

Links and Resources

• Florida CHOICES PLANNER Resource Manual for Eighth Grade Students (PDF, 64KB)
• CHOICES Occupations Matched to Career Clusters (PDF, 264KB)
• High School Reform
• Middle Grades Reform
• Paper Reduction Task Force
• FACTS.org
• Just Read, Florida!
• 2006 DOE Regional Legislative Update Materials
• DELTA School Leaders
• Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement
• STAR
• Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education
• Office of Articulation
• Course Code Directory

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