Florida § 1008.02 Definitions

Florida Statutes

§ 1008.02 — Definitions

Florida § 1008.02

TitleXLVIII

Ch. 1008ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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Fla. Stat. § 1008.02 (2026).

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As used in this chapter, the term:

(1)“Developmental education” means instruction through which a high school graduate who applies for any college credit program may attain the communication and computation skills necessary to successfully complete college credit instruction. Developmental education may be delivered through a variety of accelerated and corequisite strategies and includes any of the following:

(a)Modularized instruction that is customized and targeted to address specific skills gaps.

(b)Compressed course structures that accelerate student progression from developmental instruction to college-level coursework.

(c)Contextualized developmental instruction that is related to meta-majors.

(d)Corequisite developmental instruction or tutoring that supplements credit instruct

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As used in this chapter, the term:

(1) “Developmental education” means instruction through which a high school graduate who applies for any college credit program may attain the communication and computation skills necessary to successfully complete college credit instruction. Developmental education may be delivered through a variety of accelerated and corequisite strategies and includes any of the following: (a) Modularized instruction that is customized and targeted to address specific skills gaps. (b) Compressed course structures that accelerate student progression from developmental instruction to college-level coursework. (c) Contextualized developmental instruction that is related to meta-majors. (d) Corequisite developmental instruction or tutoring that supplements credit instruction while a student is concurrently enrolled in a credit-bearing course.

(2) “Gateway course” means the first course that provides transferable, college-level credit allowing a student to progress in his or her program of study.

(3) “Meta-major” means a collection of programs of study or academic discipline groupings that share common foundational skills.