SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1602

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11  Senator Klein moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 27 and 28,

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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (5) of section

18  232.246, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to

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20         232.246  General requirements for high school

21  graduation.--

22         (5)  Each district school board shall establish

23  standards for graduation from its schools, and these standards

24  must include:

25         (e)  For purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d):

26         1.  Each district shall adopt policies designed to

27  assist students in meeting these requirements. These policies

28  may include, but are not limited to: forgiveness policies,

29  summer school attendance, special counseling, volunteer and/or

30  peer tutors, school-sponsored help sessions, homework

31  hotlines, and study skills classes. Beginning in the 1999-2000

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 1  school year and each year thereafter, forgiveness policies

 2  shall be limited to replacing a grade of "D" or "F," or the

 3  equivalent of a grade of "D" or "F," with a grade of "C" or

 4  higher, or the equivalent of a grade of "C" or higher, earned

 5  subsequently in the same or a comparable course. Course grades

 6  for courses required by subsection (1) not replaced according

 7  to a district forgiveness policy shall be calculated as a part

 8  of the cumulative grade point average required for graduation.

 9         2.  At the end of each semester, the parent or guardian

10  of each student in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 who has a

11  cumulative grade point average of less than 0.5 above the

12  cumulative grade point average required for graduation shall

13  be notified that the student is at risk of not meeting the

14  requirements for graduation. The notice shall contain an

15  explanation of the policies the district has in place to

16  assist the student in meeting the grade point average

17  requirement.

18         3.  Special assistance to obtain a high school

19  equivalency diploma pursuant to s. 229.814 may be given only

20  when the student has completed all requirements for graduation

21  except the attainment of the required cumulative grade point

22  average.

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24  The standards required in this subsection, and any subsequent

25  modifications, shall be reprinted in the Florida

26  Administrative Code even though not defined as "rules."

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

 3         On page 1, line 4, after the semicolon

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 6         amending s. 232.246, F.S.; revising

 7         requirements for district grade forgiveness

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