Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2236
                        Barcode 103570
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11  The Committee on Government Efficiency Appropriations
12  (Campbell) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 2, between lines 26 and 27,
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17  insert:  
18         (5)  Credit hours earned under the following
19  circumstances are not calculated as hours required to earn a
20  baccalaureate degree:
21         (a)  College credits earned through an accelerated
22  mechanism identified in s. 1007.27;
23         (b)  Credit hours earned through internship programs;
24         (c)  Credit hours required for certification,
25  recertification, or certificate degrees;
26         (d)  Credit hours in courses from which a student must
27  withdraw due to reasons of medical or personal hardship;
28         (e)  Credit hours taken by active-duty military
29  personnel; and
30         (f)  Credit hours required to achieve a dual major
31  undertaken while pursuing a degree.
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2236 Barcode 103570 1 (6) The university or community college must notify 2 the student of the excess-credit-hour policy whenever the 3 student has earned enough credits to satisfy the degree 4 program in which the student is enrolled. 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 2 3:00 PM 04/01/05 s2236c1b-ge32-c8y