Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS for SB 2048 (300232)
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11 The Committee on Education (Wilson) recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 66. Section 1003.425, Florida Statutes, is
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20 1003.425 Required information for 9th-grade students
21 and those leaving public school; mandatory followup
22 counselor.--
23 (1) Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, each
24 student who is in the second semester of the 9th grade in a
25 public school must be given instruction in:
26 (a) The value of a high school education, both
27 financial and cultural;
28 (b) The alternative assessments, such as the SAT and
29 the ACT, the scores of which could help the student obtain a
30 high school diploma; and
31 (c) The postsecondary options that are available,
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1 including undertaking workforce training, enrolling in a
2 community college or a university and the prerequisites to
3 each; and entering the workforce immediately upon leaving high
4 school, with or without a diploma. The instruction must
5 include a detailed discussion of the relative advantages and
6 disadvantages of each alternative.
7 (2) Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, a student
8 who withdraws from public school for reasons other than
9 graduating or transferring to another school within or outside
10 the state must have an exit interview with a counselor who
11 presents the student with the types of information required to
12 be presented to 9th grade students under subsection (1). In
13 the exit interview, the counselor must also determine where
14 the individual plans to go, and the school must assign to the
15 individual a counselor who will follow his or her progress and
16 serve as a resource for educational information until he or
17 she attains the age of 18 years.
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21 And the title is amended as follows:
22 On page 11, line 1, after the semicolon,
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25 creating s. 1003.425, F.S.; requiring that
26 certain information concerning the value of a
27 high school education, the test scores that
28 help students obtain a diploma, and the options
29 for postsecondary training and workforce
30 participation be provided to students who are
31 in the 9th grade and to those who withdraw from
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1 public school; requiring that a counselor be
2 assigned to each student who withdraws and that
3 the counselor follow the student's progress
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