STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,

Petitioner,

V.

CASE NO. 16-4512

RENDITION NO. DCF-17- /5 0 -FO

ERNESTINE JEFFERSON, d/b/a EXCEPTIONAL PRESCHOOL ACADEMY,

Respondent.

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FILED

AUG 11 2017

DCF Department CJerk

FINAL ORDER CLOSING FILE

THIS CAUSE is before me for entry of a final order following entry of the Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction by the Administrative Law Judge in the above matter. The Petitioner filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal in this matter, as the parties resolved the disputed issues. Based on the foregoing,

The file on this matter is CLOSED .

DONE AND ORDERED at Tallahassee, Leon County , Florida, this _lf_ day of

,2017.

El sen Agency Clerk

Office of General Counsel Department of Children and Families

1317 Winewood Blvd, Building 2, Room 204

Tallahassee FL 32399

Filed August 11, 2017 1:15 PM Division of Administrative Hearings

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL

THIS ORDER CONSTITUTES FINAL AGENCY ACTION AND MAY BE APPEALED BY A PARTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 120.68, FLORIDA STATUTES , AND RULES

9.110 AND 9.190, FLORIDA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE. SUCH APPEAL

IS INSTITUTED BY FILING ONE COPY OF A NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE AGENCY CLERK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AT 1317 WINEWOOD BOULEVARD, BUILDING 2, ROOM 204, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-0700, AND A SECOND COPY ALONG WITH FILING FEE AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL WHERE THE PARTY RESIDES OR IN THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL. THE NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED (RECEIVED) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RENDITION OF THIS ORDER.1

Copies furnished to the following via U.S. Mail on date of Rendition of this Order.1

David Tucker, Esquire Chief Legal Counsel

Department of Children and Families 5920 Arlington Expressway

Jacksonville, FL 32231

Earnestine A. Jefferson, Director Exceptional Pre School Academy 1767 Daytona Lane

Jacksonville, Florida 32218

Claudia Llado, Clerk

Division of Administrative Hearings Thee DeSoto Building

1230 Apalachee Pkwy

Tallahassee, FL 32399-3060

1The date of the "rendition" of this Order is the date that is stamped on its first page.

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Docket for Case No: 16-004512

Orders for Case No: 16-004512