Senate Bill sb0584

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 584

    By Senator Fasano





    11-713-04                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to high school graduation

  3         options; amending s. 1003.429, F.S.; revising

  4         credit requirements for the accelerated high

  5         school graduation career preparatory program;

  6         providing an effective date.

  7  

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

  9  

10         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 1003.429, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         1003.429  Accelerated high school graduation options.--

13         (1)  Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, all

14  students scheduled to graduate in 2004 and thereafter may

15  select one of the following three high school graduation

16  options:

17         (a)  Completion of the general requirements for high

18  school graduation pursuant to s. 1003.43;

19         (b)  Completion of a 3-year standard college

20  preparatory program requiring successful completion of a

21  minimum of 18 academic credits in grades 9 through 12. The 18

22  credits shall be primary requirements and shall be distributed

23  as follows:

24         1.  Four credits in English, with major concentration

25  in composition and literature;

26         2.  Three credits in mathematics at the Algebra I level

27  or higher from the list of courses that qualify for state

28  university admission;

29         3.  Three credits in natural science, two of which must

30  have a laboratory component;

31         4.  Three credits in social sciences;

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 584
    11-713-04                                               See HB




 1         5.  Two credits in the same second language unless the

 2  student is a native speaker of or can otherwise demonstrate

 3  competency in a language other than English. If the student

 4  demonstrates competency in another language, the student may

 5  replace the language requirement with two credits in other

 6  academic courses; and

 7         6.  Three credits in electives; or

 8         (c)  Completion of a 3-year career preparatory program

 9  requiring successful completion of a minimum of 18 academic

10  credits in grades 9 through 12. The 18 credits shall be

11  primary requirements and shall be distributed as follows:

12         1.  Four credits in English, with major concentration

13  in composition and literature;

14         2.  Three credits in mathematics, one of which must be

15  Algebra I;

16         3.  Three credits in natural science, two of which must

17  have a laboratory component;

18         4.  Three credits in social sciences;

19         5.  Two credits in the same second language unless the

20  student is a native speaker of or can otherwise demonstrate

21  competency in a language other than English. If the student

22  demonstrates competency in another language, the student may

23  replace the language requirement with two credits in other

24  academic courses. For students scheduled to graduate in 2007

25  and thereafter, two credits in the same second language or two

26  credits in vocational education, one credit of which may be a

27  career class, shall be required; and

28         6.  Three credits in electives. For students scheduled

29  to graduate in 2007 and thereafter, three elective credits in

30  a vocational program of study shall be required.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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