HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1915
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Byrd offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 6 of the bill, between lines 25 & 26,
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17         Section 4.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
18  232.246, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         232.246  General requirements for high school
20  graduation.--
21         (1)  Graduation requires successful completion of
22  either a minimum of 24 academic credits in grades 9 through 12
23  or an International Baccalaureate curriculum. The 24 credits
24  shall be distributed as follows:
25         (c)  Three credits in science, two of which must have a
26  laboratory component. The State Board of Education may grant
27  an annual waiver of the laboratory requirement to a school
28  district that certifies that its laboratory facilities are
29  inadequate, provided the district submits a capital outlay
30  plan to provide adequate facilities and makes the funding of
31  this plan a priority of the school board.  Effective July 1,
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    File original & 9 copies    04/25/01                          
    hag0009                     08:38 am         01915-0062-381351

HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1915 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 2001, Agriscience Foundations I, the core course in secondary 2 Agriscience and Natural Resources programs, counts as one of 3 the science credits. 4 5 6 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 7 And the title is amended as follows: 8 On page 1, line 14 after the semicolon, 9 10 insert: 11 amending s. 232.246, F.S.; allowing agriscience 12 to count as a science course; 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/25/01 hag0009 08:38 am 01915-0062-381351