Florida § 1008.02 - Definitions.
Full text of Florida Florida Statutes § 1008.02 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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.
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Section 1008.02 ("Definitions.") is part of the Florida Statutes, the codified statutory law of Florida. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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