HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1162, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Alexander offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (720813) (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of
18 section 232.246, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 232.246 General requirements for high school
20 graduation.--
21 (1) Graduation requires successful completion of
22 either a minimum of 24 academic credits in grades 9 through 12
23 or an International Baccalaureate curriculum. The 24 credits
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25 (a) Four credits in English, with major concentration
26 in composition and literature.
27 (b) Three credits in mathematics. Effective for
28 students entering the 9th grade in the 1997-1998 school year
29 and thereafter, one of these credits must be Algebra I, a
30 series of courses equivalent to Algebra I, or a higher-level
31 mathematics course.
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1162, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
1 (c) Three credits in science, two of which must have a
2 laboratory component. The State Board of Education may grant
3 an annual waiver of the laboratory requirement to a school
4 district that certifies that its laboratory facilities are
5 inadequate, provided the district submits a capital outlay
6 plan to provide adequate facilities and makes the funding of
7 this plan a priority of the school board. Effective July 1,
8 2001, Agriscience Foundations I, the core course in secondary
9 Agriscience and Natural Resources programs, counts as one of
10 the science credits.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 amending s. 232.246, F.S.; allowing Agriscience
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