Florida Statutes Section 1008.02 - Definitions. (Fla. Stat. § 1008.02)

1008.02 Definitions.—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.

History.—s. 18, ch. 2013-51.

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Last modified: September 23, 2016