SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1922
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 733446
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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 43, between lines 26 and 27,
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17           Section 46.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of
18  section 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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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1922
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 733446
 1  2001, Agriscience Foundations I, the core course in secondary
 2  Agriscience and Natural Resources programs, counts as one of
 3  the science credits.
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 7  And the title is amended as follows:
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11         amending s. 232.246, F.S.; authorizing
12         Agriscience Foundations I to count as a science
13         credit; providing an effective date;
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