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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 503

        By Representative Betancourt






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Academic

  3         Scholars award; amending s. 240.40205, F.S.;

  4         providing that a student who is a recipient of

  5         the National Hispanic Scholar Award and who

  6         meets certain other eligibility requirements is

  7         eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars award;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 240.40205,

13  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         240.40205  Florida Academic Scholars award.--

15         (1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Academic

16  Scholars award if the student meets the general eligibility

17  requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship

18  Program and the student:

19         (a)  Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as

20  calculated pursuant to s. 240.40202, or its equivalent, in

21  high school courses that are adopted by the Board of Regents

22  and recommended by the State Board of Community Colleges as

23  college-preparatory academic courses; and

24         (b)  Has attained at least the score identified by

25  rules of the Department of Education on the combined verbal

26  and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the

27  Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic

28  Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an

29  equivalent score on the American College Testing Program; or

30         (c)  Has attended a home education program according to

31  s. 232.0201 during grades 11 and 12 or has completed the

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  1  International Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the

  2  International Baccalaureate Diploma, and has attained at least

  3  the score identified by rules of the Department of Education

  4  on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the

  5  Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or

  6  the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College

  7  Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the American

  8  College Testing Program; or

  9         (d)  Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate

10  Diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office; or

11         (e)  Has been recognized by the merit or achievement

12  programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a

13  scholar or finalist; or.

14         (f)  Is a recipient of the National Hispanic Scholar

15  Award.

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17  Effective with the 1998-1999 school year, a student must

18  complete a program of community service work, as approved by

19  the district school board or the administrators of a nonpublic

20  school, which shall include a minimum of 75 hours of service

21  work and require the student to identify a social problem that

22  interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal

23  involvement in addressing the problem, and, through papers or

24  other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her

25  experience.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  3    Provides that a student who receives the National
      Hispanic Scholar Award is eligible for a Florida Academic
  4    Scholars award if the student meets the eligibility
      requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
  5    and has achieved a specified grade point average.

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