HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                        Bill No. SB 1162, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Alexander offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, line 22, of the bill
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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
24  shall be distributed as follows:
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. 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 On page 1, line 3, after Program; 16 17 insert: 18 amending s. 232.246, F.S.; allowing Agriscience 19 to count as a science course; 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 05/03/01 hbd0001 11:02 am 01162-0066-722171