Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1614
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       24-01568A-24                                          20241614__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to high school graduation
    3         requirements; amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.; authorizing
    4         students earning a standard high school diploma
    5         through the Career and Technical Education graduation
    6         pathway option to meet a certain assessment
    7         requirement by earning a specified score on the
    8         Mathematics Postsecondary Education Readiness Test;
    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 (9) of section 1003.4282, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
   16         (9) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION GRADUATION PATHWAY
   17  OPTION.—Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, A student is
   18  eligible to complete an alternative pathway to earning a
   19  standard high school diploma through the Career and Technical
   20  Education (CTE) pathway option. Receipt of a standard high
   21  school diploma awarded through the CTE pathway option requires
   22  the student’s successful completion of at least 18 credits. A
   23  student completing the CTE pathway option must earn at least a
   24  cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
   25         (a) In order for a student to satisfy the requirements of
   26  the CTE pathway option, he or she must meet the GPA requirement
   27  and:
   28         1. Meet the requirements in paragraphs (3)(a)-(d) and,
   29  additionally, for students entering grade 9 in the 2023-2024
   30  school year and thereafter, paragraph (3)(h). For purposes of
   31  earning a standard high school diploma pursuant to this
   32  subsection, a student may meet the Algebra 1 EOC assessment
   33  requirement in paragraph (3)(b) by earning a 97 or higher on the
   34  Mathematics Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.);
   35         2. Complete two credits in career and technical education.
   36  The courses must result in a program completion and an industry
   37  certification; and
   38         3.a. For a student who enters grade 9 before the 2023-2024
   39  school year, complete two credits in electives or work-based
   40  learning programs. A one-half credit in financial literacy may
   41  be included in the two credits of electives; or
   42         b. For a student who enters grade 9 in the 2023-2024 school
   43  year and thereafter, complete one and one-half credits in
   44  electives or work-based learning programs.
   45         (b) Each district school board shall incorporate the CTE
   46  pathway option to graduation in the student progression plan
   47  required under s. 1008.25.
   48         (c) Adjunct educators certified pursuant to s. 1012.57 may
   49  teach courses in the CTE pathway option.
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.