Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 126
                        Barcode 092996
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11  The Committee on Education (Wilson) recommended the following
12  amendment to amendment (853068):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 2, between lines 13 and 14,
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17  insert:  Section 2.  Subsection (14) is added to section
18  1003.43, Florida Statutes, to read
19         1003.43  General requirements for high school
20  graduation.--
21         (14)  A student may be granted one-half credit in
22  physical education if the student participates in dance
23  classes or organized sports, whether as an interscholastic
24  activity or in another organized format. The student must pass
25  a competency test on physical fitness with a grade of "C" or
26  better. The competency test must be developed by the
27  Department of Education using the President's Challenge
28  Physical Fitness Program or similar programs as a model. This
29  one-half credit may not be used to satisfy the personal
30  fitness requirement or the requirement for adaptive physical
31  education under an individual educational plan (IEP) or 504
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 126 Barcode 092996 1 plan. 2 3 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 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 2, line 22, through 9 page 3, line 4, delete those lines 10 11 and insert: 12 A bill to be entitled 13 An act relating to public K-12 educational 14 instruction; creating s. 1003.456, F.S.; 15 providing legislative intent with respect to 16 maintaining elective programs in the performing 17 and fine arts; requiring each district school 18 board to develop a performing and fine arts 19 program; requiring that the school boards adopt 20 written policies for providing time and access 21 to the performing and fine arts for students in 22 prekindergarten through grade 12 and provide a 23 copy to the Department of Education by a 24 specified date; requiring reports to the 25 department; amending s. 1003.43, F.S.; 26 providing that a student may be granted one 27 credit in physical education if he or she 28 participates in specified programs or sports; 29 requiring the student to pass a competency test 30 on physical fitness with a grade of C or 31 better; directing the Department of Education 2 8:19 AM 02/07/05 s0126c-ed33-t03
Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 126 Barcode 092996 1 to develop the competency test; providing an 2 effective date. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 8:19 AM 02/07/05 s0126c-ed33-t03