| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship |
| 3 | Program; amending s. 1009.535, F.S.; revising the academic |
| 4 | requirements for eligibility for a Florida Medallion |
| 5 | Scholars award for a student who has attended a home |
| 6 | education program; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award.-- |
| 13 | (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars |
| 14 | award if the student meets the general eligibility requirements |
| 15 | for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and the |
| 16 | student: |
| 17 | (a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as |
| 18 | calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high |
| 19 | school courses that are designated by the State Board of |
| 20 | Education as college-preparatory academic courses; and has |
| 21 | attained at least the score identified by rules of the State |
| 22 | Board of Education on the combined verbal and quantitative parts |
| 23 | of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, |
| 24 | or the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College |
| 25 | Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT |
| 26 | Assessment Program; or |
| 27 | (b) Has attended a home education program according to s. |
| 28 | 1002.41 at least during grades 11 and 12 and has attained a |
| 29 | score of at least 100 points higher than the score identified by |
| 30 | rules of the State Board of Education under paragraph (a) on the |
| 31 | combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic |
| 32 | Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered |
| 33 | Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, |
| 34 | or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; or has |
| 35 | attended a home education program according to s. 1002.41 at |
| 36 | least during grades 11 and 12, has documented successful |
| 37 | completion of a college-preparatory curriculum as outlined in |
| 38 | paragraph (a) through a Florida public school, a private school |
| 39 | registered with the Department of Education, or dual enrollment |
| 40 | pursuant to s. 1007.271, and has attained at least the score |
| 41 | identified by rules of the State Board of Education under |
| 42 | paragraph (a) on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of |
| 43 | the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or |
| 44 | the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College |
| 45 | Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT |
| 46 | Assessment Program; or |
| 47 | (c) Has completed the International Baccalaureate |
| 48 | curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate |
| 49 | Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate |
| 50 | of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced |
| 51 | International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained |
| 52 | at least the score identified by rules of the State Board of |
| 53 | Education on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the |
| 54 | Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the |
| 55 | recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance |
| 56 | Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment |
| 57 | Program; or |
| 58 | (d)(c) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement |
| 59 | program of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a |
| 60 | scholar or finalist but has not completed a program of community |
| 61 | service as provided in s. 1009.534; or |
| 62 | (e)(d) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic |
| 63 | Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed a |
| 64 | program of community service as provided in s. 1009.534. |
| 65 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |