SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS/HB 1633, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 862484
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11  Senator Pruitt moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 10, between lines 26 and 27,
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17         Section 4.  Section 232.2463, Florida Statutes, is
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19         232.2463  High school grading system.--The grading
20  system and interpretation of letter grades used in public high
21  schools shall be as follows:
22         (1)  Grade "A" equals 90 94 percent through 100
23  percent, has a grade point average value of 4, and is defined
24  as "outstanding progress."
25         (2)  Grade "B" equals 80 85 percent through 89 93
26  percent, has a grade point average value of 3, and is defined
27  as "above average progress."
28         (3)  Before the 1997-1998 school year, grade "C" equals
29  75 percent through 84 percent, has a grade point average value
30  of 2, and is defined as "average progress."  For the 1997-1998
31  school year and each year thereafter, Grade "C" equals 70 77
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 1  percent through 79 84 percent, has a grade point average value
 2  of 2, and is defined as "average progress."
 3         (4)  Before the 1997-1998 school year, grade "D" equals
 4  65 percent through 74 percent, has a grade point average value
 5  of 1, and is defined as "lowest acceptable progress."  For the
 6  1997-1998 school year and each year thereafter, Grade "D"
 7  equals 60 70 percent through 69 76 percent, has a grade point
 8  average value of 1, and is defined as "lowest acceptable
 9  progress."
10         (5)  Before the 1997-1998 school year, grade "F" equals
11  zero percent through 64 percent, has a grade point average
12  value of zero, and is defined as "failure."  For the 1997-1998
13  school year and each year thereafter, Grade "F" equals zero
14  percent through 59 69 percent, has a grade point average value
15  of zero, and is defined as "failure."
16         (6)  Grade "I" equals zero percent, has a grade point
17  average value of zero, and is defined as "incomplete."
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19  For the purposes of class ranking, school districts may
20  exercise a weighted grading system.
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26  And the title is amended as follows:
27         On page 1, line 23, after the semicolon
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30         amending s. 232.2463, F.S.; altering the
31         required ranges of percentage grades that
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