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Florida Civic Literacy Assessment and Graduation Requirements: FCLE Competencies

This guide was created to help you understand the new state requirements for civic literacy in Florida for of all students beginning Fall 2021 and to help you prepare for successfully completing those requirements.

FDOE Supplemental Guide for the Florida Civic Literacy Examination (FCLE)

The FCLE Covers Four Civic Literacy Competencies  

  • Competency One: Understanding of the basic principles and practices of American democracy and how they are applied in our republican form of government
  • Competency Two: Understanding of the United States Constitution and its application
  • Competency Three: Knowledge of the founding documents and how they have shaped the nature and functions of our institutions of self-government
  • Competency Four: Understanding of landmark Supreme Court cases, landmark legislation, and landmark executive actions and their impact on law and society

The FDOE provides and outline with links to content in the supplemental guide provided below. 

https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5663/urlt/SuppGuideFCLE.pdf

 

FDOE Civic Literacy Assessment

 

FDOE Postsecondary Civics Literacy

The 2017 Florida Legislature amended Section 1007.25, Florida Statutes, to require students initially entering a Florida College System institution or state university in 2018-19 and thereafter to demonstrate competency in civic literacy. The amendment also requires the Chairs of the State Board of Education and Board of Governors’ to appoint a faculty committee to develop a new civics literacy course, or revise an existing U.S. History or U.S. Government course to include the civic literacy content. The committee would also establish course competencies and identify outcomes that include, at minimum, the following:

  • An understanding of the basic principles of American democracy and how they are applied in our republican form of government.
  • An understanding of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Knowledge of the founding documents and how they have shaped the nature and functions of our institutions of self-governance.
  • An understanding of landmark Supreme Court cases and their impact on law and society.

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