Senate Bill 0336c1

    Florida Senate - 1999                            CS for SB 336

    By the Committee on Education and Senator Cowin





    304-879-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; amending s.

  3         240.1163, F.S.; requiring certain courses to

  4         receive weighted grades; authorizing certain

  5         courses to be designated as both dual

  6         enrollment and advanced placement courses;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 240.1163, Florida

12  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

13         240.1163  Joint dual enrollment and advanced placement

14  instruction.--

15         (4)  In computing grade point averages, school

16  districts and community colleges must weigh a rigorous

17  college-level dual enrollment course the same as either an

18  advanced placement course or an honors course. A school

19  district shall determine whether a dual enrollment course is

20  equivalent in academic value to an advanced placement course

21  or an honors course. A community college or school district

22  may designate a course as both dual-enrollment and

23  advanced-placement, and a student enrolled in such a course

24  may earn college credit as permitted under the requirements of

25  either program. college-level dual enrollment courses the same

26  as honors courses and advanced placement courses when grade

27  point averages are calculated. Alternative grade calculation

28  or weighting systems that discriminate against dual enrollment

29  courses are prohibited.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                            CS for SB 336
    304-879-99




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                              SB 336

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  4  The Committee Substitute differs from Senate Bill 336 in that
    it amends s. 240.1163, F.S., rather than creating a new
  5  statute in conflict with that section. It permits a school
    district to weigh student grades in a dual enrollment course
  6  as either an advanced placement or an honors course, rather
    than requiring the same weight for all three. It would also
  7  allow a student to earn college credit as permitted by either
    the advanced placement program or the dual enrollment program
  8  in a course that was designated as both.

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