Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 7087, 2nd Eng.
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11  Senator Wilson moved the following amendment to amendment
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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16            page 23, line 6, delete those lines
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18  and insert:  school enrollment.
19         1.  Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, a student
20  who withdraws from a public school for reasons other than
21  graduating or transferring to another school within or outside
22  the state must have an exit interview with a counselor who
23  presents the student with information concerning:
24         a.  The value of a high school education, both
25  financial and cultural;
26         b.  The alternative assessments, such as the SAT and
27  the ACT, the scores of which could help the student obtain a
28  high school diploma; and
29         c.  The postsecondary options that are available,
30  including workforce training and enrolling in a community
31  college or a university, and the prerequisites to each, with
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    Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 7087, 2nd Eng.
                        Barcode 101300
 1  or without a diploma. The instruction must include a detailed
 2  discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages of
 3  each alternative.
 4         2.  In the exit interview, the counselor must also
 5  determine where the student plans to go, and the school must
 6  assign to the student a counselor who will serve as a resource
 7  for educational information until he or she attains the age of
 8  18 years.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 137, line 1, after the semicolon,
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15  insert:
16         requiring that a counselor present specified
17         information to such a student and assign to the
18         student a followup counselor who will provide
19         educational information until he or she is 18
20         years of age;
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