Floridamom,
Yes, in Florida the school district MUST test if there is a need starting in K.
I faced similar foot dragging for both of my kids who were tested. But in the end they must test if your child meets certain criteria including strong recommendation from his teacher, a checklist of gifted characteristics and score of 99% on the SAT-10. Every school district has a diff process so find out what you need to do to qualify for the IQ test.
Florida has a gifted mandate to identify and offer services to gifted children from K through 12. It does not matter what services your particular school offers or what age they start their gifted program.
And it really doesn't matter if it creates more paperwork for the teacher or what you will do with the information down the line.
Have you checked out the fldoe site?
http://www.fldoe.org/BII/Gifted_Ed/
