House Bill 0503c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000              CS/HB 503

        By the Committee on Colleges & Universities and
    Representatives Betancourt and Greenstein





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Academic

  3         Scholars award; amending s. 240.40205, F.S.;

  4         providing that a student who has been

  5         recognized by the National Hispanic Recognition

  6         Program as a scholar recipient and who meets

  7         certain other eligibility requirements is

  8         eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars award;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 240.40205,

14  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         240.40205  Florida Academic Scholars award.--

16         (1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Academic

17  Scholars award if the student meets the general eligibility

18  requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship

19  Program and the student:

20         (a)  Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as

21  calculated pursuant to s. 240.40202, or its equivalent, in

22  high school courses that are adopted by the Board of Regents

23  and recommended by the State Board of Community Colleges as

24  college-preparatory academic courses; and

25         (b)  Has attained at least the score identified by

26  rules of the Department of Education on the combined verbal

27  and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the

28  Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic

29  Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an

30  equivalent score on the American College Testing Program; or

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  1         (c)  Has attended a home education program according to

  2  s. 232.0201 during grades 11 and 12 or has completed the

  3  International Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the

  4  International Baccalaureate Diploma, and has attained at least

  5  the score identified by rules of the Department of Education

  6  on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the

  7  Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or

  8  the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College

  9  Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the American

10  College Testing Program; or

11         (d)  Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate

12  Diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office; or

13         (e)  Has been recognized by the merit or achievement

14  programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a

15  scholar or finalist; or.

16         (f)  Has been recognized by the National Hispanic

17  Recognition Program as a scholar recipient.

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19  Effective with the 1998-1999 school year, a student must

20  complete a program of community service work, as approved by

21  the district school board or the administrators of a nonpublic

22  school, which shall include a minimum of 75 hours of service

23  work and require the student to identify a social problem that

24  interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal

25  involvement in addressing the problem, and, through papers or

26  other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her

27  experience.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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