SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2636

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, between lines 25 and 26,

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17         Section 4.  Subsection (7) is added to section

18  232.2463, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         232.2463  High school grading system.--The grading

20  system and interpretation of letter grades used in public high

21  schools shall be as follows:

22         (7)  The Department of Education shall study the

23  effects and implications of implementing a grading scale

24  incorporating the grades of "B+," "C+," and "D+" and

25  corresponding grade point average values into the state high

26  school grading system with the intent of implementing the

27  grading scale changes in the 2000-2001 school year. The report

28  is to be submitted to the Governor, the President of the

29  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

30  Commissioner of Education prior to December 31, 1999.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2636

    Amendment No.    





 1  For the purposes of class ranking, school districts may

 2  exercise a weighted grading system.

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 8  And the title is amended as follows:

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12         amending s. 232.2463, F.S.; requiring the

13         Department of Education to study the effects

14         and implications of revising the high school

15         grading system; requiring a report;

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