Category: English Learners in Florida

Florida students choosing among picture cards, the response format of the Florida alternate assessment Performance Task

Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA): Eligibility, Levels, 2027 Dates

The FAA, formerly FSAA: who qualifies, Performance Task or Datafolio, achievement levels, the standard diploma and the 2026-27 testing dates.
Middle school students, including a student who uses a wheelchair, doing a science activity together in a Florida exceptional student education inclusive classroom

Exceptional Student Education in Florida: Eligibility, Plans, Funding

What ESE means in Florida: gifted and disability eligibility rules, evaluation timelines, IEPs and EPs, placement terms and FEFP funding.
Elementary students reading together in a Florida school courtyard while a parent meets staff about Florida procedural safeguards

Florida Procedural Safeguards: FDOE Notice, Florida Rules and Disputes

The FDOE notice in 18 languages, when to give it, Florida consent and notice rules, gifted safeguards, mediation, facilitation and DOAH hearings.
A student reading and writing, reclassifying English Language Learners in Florida

Reclassifying English Language Learners in Florida: Exiting ESOL

Reclassifying English Language Learners in Florida: how students exit ESOL, the criteria, the post-exit monitoring period, and what districts should track.
Administrators reviewing budgets, English Learner funding in Florida

English Learner Funding in Florida: Title III and State Support

English Learner funding in Florida: how Title III, Title I, and the state funding formula support ESOL, what they pay for, and how to use them.
Students on laptops with a teacher, AI tools for English Learners in Florida

AI Tools for English Learners in Florida: A District Guide

AI tools for English Learners in Florida: how to choose tools aligned to ESOL and WIDA, what to verify for compliance, and how to fund them.
A teacher assessing a child, showing how Florida identifies English Language Learners

How Florida Identifies English Language Learners

How Florida identifies English Language Learners: the home language survey, the WIDA screener, ELL codes, and what classification commits a district to.
Educators reviewing documents, illustrating the Florida consent decree

The Florida Consent Decree: The META Agreement Explained

The Florida Consent Decree explained: what the 1990 META agreement requires, its six areas, and what it means for districts serving ELLs.
A skilled teacher leading an English lesson, illustrating the ESOL endorsement

The ESOL Endorsement in Florida: Requirements and How to Earn It

The ESOL endorsement in Florida explained: what it is, who needs it under the Consent Decree, the requirements, and how teachers earn it.
A teacher helping a student, illustrating what is ESOL

What Is ESOL? English for Speakers of Other Languages Explained

What is ESOL? English for Speakers of Other Languages explained: what it means, how it differs from ESL and ELL, and how it works in schools.