1 | Representative Saunders offered the following: |
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3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (686891) (with title |
4 | amendment) |
5 | Between lines 871 and 872, insert: |
6 | Section 29. The Legislature finds that it is important for |
7 | Florida students to be encouraged to conduct research and obtain |
8 | a better understanding of the oppression suffered by the Cuban |
9 | people under the communist dictatorship of Fidel Castro. There |
10 | is created the Cuban History Essay Fund, which shall award |
11 | scholarships annually to the top three winners of an essay |
12 | contest for 12th grade Florida students. The fund shall be |
13 | endowed annually solely by donations from legislators and |
14 | private citizens interested in educating students about the |
15 | negative impacts of communist rule in Cuba. Essays shall be |
16 | submitted no later than May 1 of each year to the Florida |
17 | Hispanic Legislative Caucus, which shall determine the top three |
18 | essay winners and annually distribute all moneys in the fund as |
19 | follows: 50 percent for first place, 30 percent for second |
20 | place, and 20 percent for third place. |
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24 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
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26 | for a schedule of repayment; creating the Cuban History Essay |
27 | Fund to award scholarships to certain students; providing for |
28 | funding and distribution; providing for the effect of a |