Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2048
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11  The Committee on Education Appropriations (Miller) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 25, lines 4-15, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  school enrollment.
18         1.  Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, a student
19  who withdraws from a public school for reasons other than
20  graduating or transferring to another school within or outside
21  the state must have an exit interview with a counselor who
22  presents the student with information concerning:
23         a.  The value of a high school education, both
24  financial and cultural;
25         b.  The alternative assessments, such as the SAT and
26  the ACT, the scores of which could help the student obtain a
27  high school diploma; and
28         c.  The postsecondary options that are available,
29  including workforce training and enrolling in a community
30  college or a university, and the prerequisites to each, with
31  or without a diploma. The instruction must include a detailed
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 532622
 1  discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages of
 2  each alternative.
 3         2.  In the exit interview, the counselor must also
 4  determine where the student plans to go, and the school must
 5  assign to the student a counselor who will serve as a resource
 6  for educational information until he or she attains the age of
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11  And the title is amended as follows:
12         On page 2, line 31, after the semicolon,
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15         requiring that a counselor present specified
16         information to such a student and assign to the
17         student a followup counselor who will provide
18         educational information until he or she is 18
19         years of age;
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