Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 872172
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11  Senator Wilson moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 26, lines 7-18, delete those lines
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16  and insert:  school enrollment.
17         1.  Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, a student
18  who withdraws from a public school for reasons other than
19  graduating or transferring to another school within or outside
20  the state must have an exit interview with a counselor who
21  presents the student with information concerning:
22         a.  The value of a high school education, both
23  financial and cultural;
24         b.  The alternative assessments, such as the SAT and
25  the ACT, the scores of which could help the student obtain a
26  high school diploma; and
27         c.  The postsecondary options that are available,
28  including workforce training and enrolling in a community
29  college or a university, and the prerequisites to each, with
30  or without a diploma. The instruction must include a detailed
31  discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages of
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    Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 872172
 1  each alternative.
 2         2.  In the exit interview, the counselor must also
 3  determine where the student plans to go, and the school must
 4  assign to the student a counselor who will serve as a resource
 5  for educational information until he or she attains the age of
 6  18 years.
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10  And the title is amended as follows:
11         On page 3, line 4, after the first semicolon,
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14         requiring that a counselor present specified
15         information to such a student and assign to the
16         student a followup counselor who will provide
17         educational information until he or she is 18
18         years of age;
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