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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 336
By Senator Wilson
33-48-07
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to required information for
3 9th-grade students; creating s. 1003.425, F.S.;
4 requiring that 9th-grade students receive
5 certain instruction relating to the value of a
6 high school education and the available
7 postsecondary options; providing an effective
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Section 1003.425, Florida Statutes, is
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14 1003.425 Required information for 9th-grade
15 students.--Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, each
16 student who is in the second semester of the 9th grade in a
17 public school must have been given instruction in:
18 (1) The value of a high school education, both
19 financial and cultural;
20 (2) The alternative assessments, such as the SAT and
21 the ACT, the scores of which could help the student obtain a
22 high school diploma; and
23 (3) The postsecondary options that are available,
24 including workforce training and enrolling in a community
25 college or a university, and the prerequisites to each, with
26 or without a diploma. The instruction must include a detailed
27 discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages of
28 each alternative.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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