Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 756
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Wise) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    5  the career technical high school diploma, the student and the
    6  student’s parent or
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   10         1. For each year in which a student scores at Level 1 on
   11  FCAT Reading, the student must be enrolled in and complete an
   12  intensive reading course the following year which will enable
   13  the student to achieve functional literacy. Placement of Level 1
   14  or Level 2 readers in either an intensive reading course or a
   15  content area course in which strategies, including intensive
   16  reading interventions, are delivered shall be determined by a
   17  diagnosis of reading needs, including reading comprehension and
   18  fluency. Reading courses shall be designed and offered
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   22  meet the graduation requirements for a career technical high
   23  school diploma, using one
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   27  (4)(b) waived for the purpose of receiving a career technical
   28  high school diploma, if
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   32  and thereby to qualify for a standard diploma or a career
   33  technical high school diploma upon graduation.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36         And the title is amended as follows:
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   39         the career technical high school diploma track;
   40         specifying the credits that must be successfully
   41         completed in order to receive a career technical high
   42         school diploma; requiring an intensive reading course
   43         or remediation in mathematics for a student who does
   44         not meet certain academic standards; requiring at
   45         least one course required for high school graduation
   46         to be completed through online learning; providing
   47         strategies to enable an exceptional student to meet
   48         graduation requirements for a career technical high
   49         school diploma; requiring district school board
   50         standards for graduation and policies to assist
   51         students in meeting the requirements; requiring rules
   52         for test accommodations and modifications of
   53         procedures for students with disabilities; providing
   54         for the award of a certificate of completion to a
   55         student who is unable to meet certain standards;
   56         providing conditions for the waiver of assessment
   57         requirements for a career technical high school