SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1380

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Geller, Hargrett, Casas, Holzendorf, Dyer, Gutman,

12  Dawson-White, Saunders, and Meek moved the following amendment

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15         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

16         On page 5, line 12, through

17            page 7, line 14, delete those lines

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20         (b)  has attained at least the applicable score

21  identified by rules of the Department of Education on the

22  combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic

23  Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the

24  recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance

25  Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment

26  Program or another test identified by the department. the

27  American College Testing Program; or

28         (b)(c)  The student has completed attended a

29  college-preparatory curriculum through a registered home

30  education program according to s. 232.0201 during grades 11

31  and 12 or has completed the International Baccalaureate

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 1  curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate

 2  Diploma, and has attained at least the applicable score

 3  identified by rules of the Department of Education on the

 4  combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic

 5  Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the

 6  recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance

 7  Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment

 8  Program or another test identified by the department the

 9  American College Testing Program.

10         (c)  The student has completed the International

11  Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the International

12  Baccalaureate Diploma.

13         (2)  A Florida Merit Scholar who is enrolled in a

14  baccalaureate-degree-granting postsecondary education

15  institution is eligible for a maximum an award of $1,700

16  annually. A Florida Merit Scholar who is enrolled in an

17  institution that does not award baccalaureate degrees is

18  eligible for a maximum annual award of $1,100. The maximum

19  award must be prorated each semester as provided in s.

20  240.40201(6). equal to the amount required to pay 75 percent

21  of matriculation and fees, if the student is enrolled in a

22  public postsecondary education institution. A student who is

23  enrolled in a nonpublic postsecondary education institution is

24  eligible for an award equal to the amount that would be

25  required to pay 75 percent of the matriculation and fees of a

26  public postsecondary education institution at the comparable

27  level.

28         (3)  To be eligible for a renewal award as a Florida

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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