Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: May 04, 2001
Petitioner Florida Education Association (FEA) filed a Petition to require Respondent Department of Education (DOE) to initiate rule-making and has challenged the validity of two documents issued by DOE, alleging that they are unpromulgated rules. The challenged documents are a January 22, 2001, memorandum to District Management Information System Coordinators and District Assessment Coordinators and a March 23, 2001, memorandum to District School Superintendents, regarding "Responsible Instructor--Reading, Writing, and Mathematics."January 22, 2001, and March 23, 2001, memoranda of Department of Education do not constitute unpromulgated rules of that agency. "Responsible instructor data element" is not a rule under Section 120.52(15), Florida Statutes.