Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 86
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Cruz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (666218) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 376 - 468
    5  and insert:
    6  necessary to pay 100 percent of tuition and fees established
    7  under ss. 1009.22(3), (5), (6), and (7); 1009.23(3), (4), (7),
    8  (8), (10), and (11); and 1009.24(4), (7)-(13), (14)(r), and
    9  (16), as applicable, and is eligible for an additional stipend
   10  for textbooks, to assist with the payment of educational
   11  expenses as funds are specifically appropriated in the General
   12  Appropriations Act to assist with the payment of educational
   13  expenses.
   14         Section 11. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1009.535,
   15  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   16         1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award.—
   17         (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars
   18  award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements
   19  for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and:
   20         (a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as
   21  calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high
   22  school courses that are designated by the State Board of
   23  Education as college-preparatory academic courses and has
   24  attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on
   25  the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
   26  Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
   27  Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
   28  or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
   29         (b) Has completed the International Baccalaureate
   30  curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate
   31  Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate
   32  of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced
   33  International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained
   34  at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the
   35  combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
   36  Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
   37  Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
   38  or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
   39         (c) Has attended a home education program according to s.
   40  1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the
   41  score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal
   42  and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
   43  Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
   44  Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
   45  equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
   46         (d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement program
   47  of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a scholar or
   48  finalist but has not completed the program of volunteer service
   49  work required under s. 1009.534; or
   50         (e) Has been granted academic honors by one or more of the
   51  College Board National Recognition Programs for students from
   52  underrepresented communities recognized by the National Hispanic
   53  Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the
   54  program of volunteer service work required under s. 1009.534; or
   55         (f) For a high school student who graduates in the 2021
   56  2022 academic year and thereafter:
   57         1.Has earned an associate degree with a minimum cumulative
   58  postsecondary grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale before
   59  graduating from high school; or
   60         2. Has earned an Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma with
   61  scores of 3 or higher on six Advanced Placement Examinations.
   62  
   63  A high school student graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year
   64  and thereafter must complete at least 75 hours of volunteer
   65  service work approved by the district school board, the
   66  administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of
   67  Education for home education program students. The student must
   68  identify a social or civic issue or a professional area that
   69  interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal
   70  involvement in addressing the issue or learning about the area,
   71  and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect
   72  upon his or her experience. Except for credit earned through
   73  service-learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the
   74  student may not receive remuneration or academic credit for
   75  volunteer service work performed. Such work may include, but is
   76  not limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for
   77  a nonprofit community service organization, or activities on
   78  behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer
   79  service must be documented in writing, and the document must be
   80  signed by the student, the student’s parent or guardian, and a
   81  representative of the organization for which the student
   82  performed the volunteer service work.
   83         (2) A Florida Medallion Scholar who is enrolled in a
   84  certificate, diploma, associate, or baccalaureate degree program
   85  at a public or nonpublic postsecondary educational education
   86  institution is eligible, beginning in the fall 2018 semester,
   87  for an award equal to the amount necessary to pay 75 percent of
   88  tuition and fees established under ss. 1009.22(3), (5), (6), and
   89  (7); 1009.23(3), (4), (7), (8), (10), and (11); and 1009.24(4),
   90  (7)-(13), (14)(r), and (16), as applicable, to assist with the
   91  payment of educational expenses. Beginning in the fall 2021
   92  semester, a Florida Medallion Scholar who is enrolled in an
   93  associate degree program at a Florida College System institution
   94  is eligible for an award equal to the amount necessary to pay
   95  100 percent of tuition and fees established under s. 1009.23(3),
   96  (4), (7), (8), (10), and (11) to assist with the payment of
   97  educational
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   99  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  100  And the title is amended as follows:
  101         Delete lines 600 - 607
  102  and insert:
  103         Academic Scholars award; amending s. 1009.535, F.S.;
  104         revising and expanding eligibility for a Florida
  105         Medallion Scholars award; amending s. 1009.893, F.S.;