Statewide Communications

Information sent from the Division of Florida Colleges is provided to ensure up-to-date information is available to the field. Memorandums; statewide emails; and paperless communications impacting FCS institutions are displayed in chronological order. If you need assistance accessing the files below, please contact FCSinfo@fldoe.org.

2024 Statewide Communications

March

• DFC Numbered Memorandum 2024-04: SBOE Approval of Rule 6A-10.0401, F.A.C. (PDF)
  • 2023-2024 Gold Standard Career Pathways - Industry Certifications to AS and AAS Degrees (Excel)
• DFC Memorandum: Regional Career Pathways Agreement Submissions (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Reminder 2024 Great Florida Teach-in Candidate Registration (PDF)
• Statewide Email: AS/AAS Webinar Announcement (PDF)
• Statewide Email: CTE Audit Rule Webinar (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Rule Workshop 6A-10.02413, F.A.C., Civic Literacy Competency (PDF)
• Statewide Email: CAP Grant 2023-24 Funding Opportunity for Florida's Agriculture Industry (PDF)
  • Agriculture Eligible Program List (Excel)
• Statewide Email: Florida's Perkins Four-Year State Plan Public Hearing (PDF)
  • Perkins State Revisions (PDF)
  • Perkins State Performance Target (PDF)

February

• DFC Memorandum: Early College Program Information Request
• FCS/SUS Joint Memorandum: General Education Review Process (PDF)
• Statewide Email: SPSA Compliance Certification (PDF)

January

• Statewide Email: 2024 CIP Workshop Information (PDF)
  • DRAFT Agenda (PDF)
• DFC/BOG Joint Memorandum: Rule 6A-14.0303, F.A.C. and Regulation 8.005, General Education Course Options (PDF)
• DCAE Memorandum: Performance-based Incentive Funds for Industry Certification (PDF)
  • 2023-2024 District Workforce Performance Funds Summary (Excel)

2023 Statewide Communications

December

• House and Senate Request for State Fiscal Recovery Fund Projects
  • Joint SFRF Letter (PDF)
  • SFRF Appropriations List
  • SFRF December 2023 - Template (Excel)
• DFC Memorandum 2023-09: Approval of New Rule 6A-14.00612, F.A.C., Designation of Restrooms and Changing Facilities in FCS Institution Facilities (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum: 2024-2025 Academic Calendar

November

• DFC Memorandum 2023-08: Approval of New Rule, 6A-1.09991, F.A.C., Collegiate Purple Star Campuses (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Follow-up: Rule Workshop 6A-14.0718 Prohibited Expenditures by FCS Institutions
  • Draft Rule Language
  • Workshop Recording
• Statewide Email: Follow-up: Rule Workshop 6A-14.0303 General Education Core Course Options
  • Draft Rule Language 6A-14.0303, F.A.C.
  • Workshop Recording
• DCAE Memorandum: 2023–24 Equipment Upgrade and Modernization (EUM) Grant and Funding Opportunity Webinar (PDF)
• Statewide Email: 6A-14.0718 Revised Draft (PDF)
  • Revised Draft 6A-14.0718, Prohibited Expenditures for Florida College System Institutions (PDF)

October

• Paperless Communication: Announcing the Science of Reading Online Professional Learning Course (PDF)
• DOE/BOG Joint Memorandum: Legal Obligations to Protect Jewish Students (PDF)

September

• Statewide Email: FCS Fiscal Impact Study - Health Insurance Data Request (PDF)
  • FCS State of Florida Project (Excel)
• BSIS Memo: 2023 Civics Education Professional Learning for School-Based Administrators and Institutions of Higher Learning Faculty (PDF)

August

• DFC Memorandum Number 2023-06: 2023-2024 First Generation Matching Grant Program Certification
• DCAE Memo: Concept Proposals for the 2023-2023 Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive (CAP) Grant (PDF)
• DCAE Memo: 2023-24 PIPELINE Fund (PDF)
  • Attachment 1 - Summary by District Institution (Excel)
  • Attachment 2 - Summary by FCS Institution (Excel)

July

• DFC Memorandum Number 2023-05: SBOE Approval of Amendment to Rule 6A-10.0315, Demonstration of College-level Communication and Computation (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-10.0315, F.A.C. (PDF)
• Florida Student Success Center: Dual Enrollment Partnerships Professional Development Opportunity (PDF)
  • FPI DE Partnership Application Information (PDF)
  • FPI DE Partnership Application (PDF)
• CareerSource Florida: 2023-2024 Provisional Status on Master Credential List (PDF)
  • CareerSource Florida Memorandum (PDF)
• DCAE Memorandum: 2023-2024 Pathways to Career Opportunity Grant (PDF)

June

• Rule Development Workshop: 6A-14.097, Foreign Influence
  • Workshop Recording
  • Proposed Language (PDF)
• Rule 6A-10.0352 Workshop: Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE)
  • Workshop Recording
  • Proposed Language (PDF)
• FDOE Memorandum: Seeking Input to Reduce Regulation in Public Postsecondary Institutions (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum: Quarterly Report on the Progress of Seeking Institutional Accreditation, April – June 2023 (PDF)
  • Report Template (PDF)
• DEO Press Release: $75M Available through the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund
• DFC Memorandum: Update to Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement Submission Procedures (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum: 2023 FCS Affordability Report Submission (PDF)
  • Affordability Report Template (PDF)
  • Sections 1004.084 and 1004.085, F.S. (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-14.092, F.A.C. (PDF)
• FCS/SUS Joint Memo: Faculty Committee Nomination (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Rule Development Workshop for 6A-6.0201, F.A.C.
  • GoToWebinar Registration
• DCAE Memorandum: Request for Information on 2022-2023 Career Dual Enrollment Activities for Rule 6A-6.00575, F.A.C. (PDF)

May

• DFC Memorandum 2023-05: SBOE Approval of Rule 6A-10.0315, Demonstration of Readiness for College-Level Communication and Computation (PDF)
• 2022-2023 PIPELINE Funds Report (PDF)
• DCAE Memorandum: 2021-22 Perkins V Agency and Student Level Data Reports (PDF)
• Reminder B.E.S.T. Summer Professional Learning Event
• FCS/SUS Joint Memorandum: Mathematics Pathways Implementation Discipline Alignment Survey (PDF)
• Mathematics Pathway Update (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum 2023-04: Academic Program Inventory and FloridaShines Catalog (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum 2023-03: SBE Approval of New Rule 6A-10.087 & FAQ (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-10.087, F.A.C. (PDF)

April

• Press Release: Florida Celebrates April as Florida College System Month
• Joint Memo: FASTER Policy Reminder (PDF)
• DCAE Memo: SBOE Approval of Amendment to Rule 6A-6.0576, F.A.C., CAPE Industry Certification Funding List
  • Proposed Rule 6A-6.0756, F.A.C.
  • 2022-23 CAPE Industry Certification Funding List
• DCAE Memo: 2023-2024 Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Grants (Perkins V) (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Annual Equity Reports (PDF)
• Statewide Email: April is FCS Month (PDF)
• DFC/Public Schools Memo: Regional Career Pathways Agreement Submissions (PDF)

March

• DFC Memo: Quarterly Report on the Progress of Seeking Institutional Accreditation, January – March 2023 (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Outreach Campaigns (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Spread the Word - First in Nation Job Apprenticeship Program (PDF)

February

• DFC/CAE Memo: Faculty Discipline Committee Nominations for Law Enforcement Equivalencies (PDF)

January

• Accelerating Access to Dual Enrollment Webinar (PDF)
• DFC Memo: 2023-24 Academic Calendar (PDF)
  • Academic Calendar Worksheet (Word)
  • Rule 6A-10.019, F.A.C. (PDF)

2022 Statewide Communications

November

• 2023 Florida Future Educators of America State Conference - College Night Information
• OSFA Communication: Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program

October

• DFC Memorandum 2022-16: Approval of New Rule 6A-10.0451, Florida Administrative Code, Tuition and Fee Waivers for Disabled Veterans (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-10.0451, F.A.C. (PDF)
  • Tuition and Fee Waivers for Disabled Veterans FAQ (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum 2022-15: Approval of Amendment to Rule 6A-14.064, College Credit Dual Enrollment (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-14.064, F.A.C. (PDF)
• DFC Memo: Faculty Discipline Committee Nominations for Military Course Equivalencies (PDF)
• OSFA Communication: Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program – Fall/Spring Reimbursement Request Report (PDF)
  • PS Institution Dual Enrollment Program Reimbursement Request Report (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum: Concurrent- and Joint-Use Report Annual Update (PDF)
  • 2022-23 Current- and Joint-Use Report (Excel)

September

• DFC Memorandum 2022-11: Approval of Amendment to Rule 6A-14.092, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), Textbook and Course Material Affordability and Transparency (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-14.092, F.A.C (PDF)
  • Textbook Affordability FAQs (PDF)

August

• DPS Memo: 2022-132: Senate Bill 2524 – Call for Workgroup Members Relating to Educator Preparation Programs (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum 2022-14: Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) RFP (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum 2022-12: Approval of Amendment to Rule 6A-10.024, Florida Administrative Code, Articulation Between and Among Universities, Florida Colleges, and School Districts (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-10.024, F.A.C. (PDF)
  • Credit by Exam List (PDF)
  • Military Experience Equivalency List (PDF)

July

• DFC Memorandum 2022-10: Amendments to SBOE Rules (PDF)
  • 6A-10.041, Substitution for Requirements for Eligible Students with Disabilities at Florida Colleges and Postsecondary Career Centers (PDF)
  • 6A-10.0315, Demonstration of Readiness for College-Level Communication and Computation (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum 2022-08: 2022 College Affordability Reports (PDF)
  • Affordability Report Sample Template (Word)
  • s. 1004.084, F.S., College Affordability
  • s. 1004.085, F.S., Textbook and Instructional Materials Affordability
• Statewide Email: New Action Toolkit - Get There Resources (PDF)
• 2022 Legislative Session Updates: Fiscal Policy; Facilities Planning & Budgeting
  • Presentation Slide Deck (PDF)
  • Webinar Recording
  • 2022-23 Legislative Briefing Summary
• DFC / DCAE Memorandum: Nominations for Statewide Workgroup on Law Enforcement Training (PDF)
  • House Bill 3
• 2022 Legislative Session Updates: Student & Academic Affairs, Office of Articulation
  • Presentation Slide Deck (PDF)
  • Webinar Recording
• Statewide Email: Release of 2022-23 Request for Application (PDF)
  • Open Door Report Template (Excel)
  • DCAE Memorandum: Open Door Grant Program and Funding Sources

June

• Workshop Presentation: Rule 6A-14.092, Textbook Affordability (PDF)
  • Proposed Rule Language (PDF)
  • Webinar Recording
• Workshop Presentation: Rule 6A-10.024, Articulation Between and Among Universities, Florida Colleges, and School Districts (PDF)
  • Proposed Rule Language (PDF)
  • Webinar Recording
• Workshop Presentation: Rule 6A-10.0351, Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education (PIPELINE) Fund (PDF)
  • Proposed Rule Language (PDF)
  • Webinar Recording
• Workshop Presentation: Rule 6A-10.0352, Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund (PDF)
  • Proposed Rule Language (PDF)
  • Webinar Recording
• DFC Memorandum 2022-09: 2022-23 First Generation Matching Grant Program Certification (PDF)
  • FGMG Guidelines (PDF)
  • 2022-23 FGMG Certification Form (Excel)
• Statewide Email: Budget Documents
  • FCS Side-by-Side (PDF)
  • 2022-2023 Deferred Maintenance GAA (PDF)
  • 2022-2023 FCS Fixed Capital Outlay (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum 2022-07: Update on 2022 Legislative Session (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Upcoming Rule Workshops (PDF) UPDATED
• Statewide Email: Bright Futures Medallion Scholarship Program (PDF)
• Rule Workshop Materials:
  • Presentation - New CAPE Industry Certification Funding List (PDF)
  • Webinar Recording
• DCAE Memo: 2022-23 Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant--FDOE Grants - Funding Opportunity/Webinar Schedule (PDF)
• FCS Councils Meeting Materials
  • Presentation - FDOE Update (PDF)
  • Supplemental Update (PDF)
• Articulation Memo: Annual Submission of Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreements (PDF)

May

• Rule 6A-10.041, Substitution for Requirements for Eligible Students with Disabilities Workshop Materials
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • Draft Rule 6A-10.041, F.A.C. (PDF)
• Rule 6A-10.0315, Demonstration of Readiness for College-level Communication and Computation Workshop Materials
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • Draft Rule 6A-10.0315 (PDF)
• DPS Memo – Dual Enrollment Eligibility Determination Updates (PDF)
• DFC Statewide Email: Upcoming Rule Workshops (PDF)

April

• CAE Statewide Email: CTE Audit Rulemaking FAQs (PDF)
  • CTE Audit Rulemaking FAQ (PDF)
• CAE Memorandum: Update to the Open Door Grant Program and Funding Sources (PDF)
• DFC Memorandum Number 2022-05: Approval of Amendment to Rule 6A-10.02413 - Civic Literacy Competency (PDF)
• DOE Press Release FCS Students Named to All-Florida Academic Team
  • 2022 All-Florida Academic Team

March

• Rule Workshop Materials: Rule 6A-10.024, Articulation Between and Among Universities, Florida Colleges, and School District (PDF)
  • Presentation (PDF)
  • ACC Policy Evaluation (PDF)
  • Military Procedure Guide (PDF)
  • Military Experience for College Credit Equivalency List (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Conference Report (PDF), Implementing Bill (PDF) and Side-by-Side (PDF)
• Statewide Email: OSFA Communication – Extension for Receipt of DES Reimbursement Request
  • Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program - Memo
  • DE Scholarship Reimbursement File Layout
• Statewide Email: Credential Review Committee – March 9 Follow Up
  • CRC March 9 Agenda
• Statewide Email: Section 35 Program Inventory
• Statewide Email: UPDATE - Labor Market Estimating Conference
• Statewide Email: Rule Development Workshop for 6A-10.024, Articulation Between and Among Universities, Florida Colleges, and School Districts
• DOE Memorandum: Workers' Compensation for 18 and Under Students in Work-based Learning
  • Proposed Rule Language - 6A-6.05732
  • 6A-23.0042 Work-based Learning Opportunities Standards
• Webinar Presentation: 2022 Baccalaureate Program Review (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Digital Badge Webinar Materials & Next Steps (PDF)
  • Gen Ed Digital Badge - Preliminary Technical Assistance (PDF)

February

• DFC Memorandum Number 2022-03: Annual Baccalaureate Accountability Reports (PDF)
• Statewide Email: 2021 Cost of Construction Report Submission (PDF)
• Statewide Email: FLVC Textbook Affordability Survey Administration (PDF)
  • 2022 Student Textbook and Instructional Materials Survey Questions (PDF)
  • FLVC Survey Collaboration Form (Word)
• DCAE Memorandum: Grant Opportunity - Expansion of Registered Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship (PDF)
• DPS Memorandum: Florida Teacher Preparation Audit Report
• Webinar Recording: Rule Implementation Webinar - Rule 6A-10.0315 Demonstration of Readiness for College-Level Communication and Computation
  • Alternative Methods FAQs (PDF)
• Statewide Email: New Request for Directory Information (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Gen Ed Digital Badge (PDF)
  • Gen Ed Digital Badge Resource and FAQs (PDF)
• Statewide Email: College Budget Proposals Side-by-Side as Introduced (PDF)
• Memorandum: Approval of Amendment to Rule 6A-10.0315, Demonstration of Readiness for College-Level Communication and Computation (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-10.0315, F.A.C. (PDF)
  • Form ALTPLACE-01 (PDF)
• Memorandum: Approval of Amended Rule 6A-14.092, Textbook Affordability (PDF)
  • Rule 6A-14.092, F.A.C. (PDF)
• Memorandum: 2021 Economic Security Report of Employment and Earning Outcome (PDF)

January

• Statewide Email: English Faculty Nominations - Digital Credential (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Workforce Program Inventory - Florida College System Information Request (PDF)
  • Florida Workforce Program Inventory - Guide/FAQ (PDF)
  • FCS FloridaShines Catalog Program Sampling (PDF)
• Statewide Email: Workforce Program Inventory - School District Career Center Information Request (PDF)
  • Florida Workforce Program Inventory - Guide/FAQ (PDF)
  • Technical College/Centers FloridaShines Catalog Program Sampling
• DCAE Memorandum: Early College Program Reports(PDF)
  • 2021-22 Early College Program Data Request (Excel)
• DFC Email: FCS Lists for PECO and Deferred Maintenance (PDF)
  • FCS FCO PECO List (PDF)
  • FCS Deferred Building Maintenance List (PDF)
• DCAE Memorandum: Workforce Program Inventory - Information Request (PDF)
  • Program Inventory Resource Document and FAQ (PDF)
• Statewide Email: CTE Audit Rule Workshop Webinar
• Report: Florida Teacher Programs - A Summary and Analysis of Program Performance
• DFC Memorandum: Academic Calendar Submission for 2022-23 (PDF)
  • 2022-23 Academic Calendar Worksheet (Word)
  • Rule 6A-10.019, F.A.C. - Required Annual Calendar for Colleges (PDF)

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