SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2110

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11  Senator Ostalkiewicz moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 8, lines 25-31, delete those lines

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17         Section 7.  Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (3)

18  and subsection (4) of section 232.425, Florida Statutes, are

19  amended to read:

20         232.425  Student standards for participation in

21  interscholastic extracurricular student activities;

22  regulation.--

23         (3)(a)  To be eligible to participate in

24  interscholastic extracurricular student activities, a student

25  must maintain a grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale and

26  must pass five subjects for the grading period immediately

27  preceding participation; except that student eligibility for

28  the first grading period of each new school year shall be

29  based on passing five subjects and maintaining the required

30  grade point average the previous school year, including

31  subjects completed during the interim summer school session. a

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 1  student entering the 9th grade during the 1997-1998 school

 2  year and thereafter must maintain a cumulative grade point

 3  average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in

 4  the courses required by s. 232.246(1). In order to be eligible

 5  under this section, students who entered the 9th grade prior

 6  to the 1997-1998 school year must maintain a cumulative grade

 7  point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale, or its

 8  equivalent, in the courses required by s. 232.246(1) that are

 9  taken after July 1, 1997, or have an overall cumulative grade

10  point average of 2.0 or above. Eligibility for the first

11  semester of the 1997-1998 school year for those students who

12  entered the 9th grade prior to the 1997-1998 school year shall

13  be based on the school board's policy in effect for the

14  1996-1997 school year. Additionally, a student must maintain

15  satisfactory conduct and, if a student is convicted of, or is

16  found to have committed, a felony or a delinquent act which

17  would have been a felony if committed by an adult, regardless

18  of whether adjudication is withheld, the student's

19  participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities is

20  contingent upon established and published school board policy.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

25         On page 1, lines 25 and 26, delete the words "amending

26  ss. 232.425,"

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29         amending s. 232.425, F.S.; revising eligibility

30         requirements for participating in

31         interscholastic extracurricular activities;

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