Senate Bill sb0636e2

    SB 636                                        Second Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to high school grades; amending

  3         s. 232.2463, F.S.; altering the required ranges

  4         of percentage grades that equate to letter

  5         grades and grade points; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 232.2463, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         232.2463  High school grading system.--The grading

13  system and interpretation of letter grades used in public high

14  schools shall be as follows:

15         (1)  Grade "A" equals 90 94 percent through 100

16  percent, has a grade point average value of 4, and is defined

17  as "outstanding progress."

18         (2)  Grade "B" equals 80 85 percent through 89 93

19  percent, has a grade point average value of 3, and is defined

20  as "above average progress."

21         (3)  Before the 1997-1998 school year, grade "C" equals

22  75 percent through 84 percent, has a grade point average value

23  of 2, and is defined as "average progress."  For the 1997-1998

24  school year and each year thereafter, Grade "C" equals 70 77

25  percent through 79 84 percent, has a grade point average value

26  of 2, and is defined as "average progress."

27         (4)  Before the 1997-1998 school year, grade "D" equals

28  65 percent through 74 percent, has a grade point average value

29  of 1, and is defined as "lowest acceptable progress."  For the

30  1997-1998 school year and each year thereafter, Grade "D"

31  equals 60 70 percent through 69 76 percent, has a grade point


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    SB 636                                        Second Engrossed



  1  average value of 1, and is defined as "lowest acceptable

  2  progress."

  3         (5)  Before the 1997-1998 school year, grade "F" equals

  4  zero percent through 64 percent, has a grade point average

  5  value of zero, and is defined as "failure."  For the 1997-1998

  6  school year and each year thereafter, Grade "F" equals zero

  7  percent through 59 69 percent, has a grade point average value

  8  of zero, and is defined as "failure."

  9         (6)  Grade "I" equals zero percent, has a grade point

10  average value of zero, and is defined as "incomplete."

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12  For the purposes of class ranking, school districts may

13  exercise a weighted grading system.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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