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The Florida Department of Education has launched its new certification application website; effective November 7, 2017 the district online application located on e portal will no longer be available.

To submit either a renewal or add on application click the link below.

FLDOE: Rule 6A-4.0051 Renewal and Reinstatement of a Professional Certificate

HB 7069 40-hour Reading Recertification Requirement (not Reading Endorsement) 

An educator whose application for renewal of a certificate with a beginning validity date of July 1, 2020, or thereafter, must have earned at least two (2) college credits, forty (40) in-service points.
The Reading-ESE 40-hour requirement applies to anyone with the following coverages:

  • Elementary Education (K-6)
  • Prekindergarten/Primary Education (age 3 through grade 3)
  • Elementary Education (grades 1-6)
  • Primary Education (grades K-3)
  • English (grades 1-6)
  • Middle Grades English (grades 5-9)
  • Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum (grades 5-9)
  • English (6-12)
  • Reading (K-12)
  • Reading (Endorsement)
  • English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) (grades K-12)

The points can also satisfy the ESE requirement 

Timeframes:

  • If an educator with one of those coverages renewed in 2020, the 40 hours must be earned by 2025.
  • If an educator with one of those coverages renews in 2021, the 40 hours must be earned by 2026.
  • If an educator with one of those coverages renews in 2022, the 40 hours must be earned by 2027.
  • If an educator with one of those coverages renews in 2023, the 40 hours must be earned by 2028.
  • If an educator with one of those coverages renews in 2024, the 40 hours must be earned by 2029.