Florida Senate - 2017                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Baxley moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 379 and 380
    4  insert:
    5         (4) ONLINE COURSE REQUIREMENT.—At least one course within
    6  the 24 credits required under this section must be completed
    7  through online or blended learning.
    8         (a) An online course taken in grade 6, grade 7, or grade 8
    9  fulfills the requirements of this subsection. The requirement is
   10  met through an online course offered by the Florida Virtual
   11  School, a virtual education provider approved by the State Board
   12  of Education, a high school, or an online dual enrollment
   13  course. A student who is enrolled in a full-time or part-time
   14  virtual instruction program under s. 1002.45 meets the
   15  requirement.
   16         (b) A district school board or a charter school governing
   17  board, as applicable, may allow a student offer students the
   18  following options to satisfy the online or blended learning
   19  course requirements of this subsection by completing:
   20         1. Completion of a course in which the a student earns a
   21  nationally recognized industry certification in information
   22  technology that is identified on the CAPE Industry Certification
   23  Funding List pursuant to s. 1008.44 or passing passage of the
   24  information technology certification examination without
   25  enrolling enrollment in or completing completion of the
   26  corresponding course or courses, as applicable.
   27         2. Passage of an online content assessment, without
   28  enrollment in or completion of the corresponding course or
   29  courses, as applicable, by which the student demonstrates skills
   30  and competency in locating information and applying technology
   31  for instructional purposes.
   32  
   33  For purposes of this subsection, a school district may not
   34  require a student to take the online or blended learning course
   35  outside the school day or in addition to a student’s courses for
   36  a given semester. This subsection does not apply to a student
   37  who has an individual education plan under s. 1003.57 which
   38  indicates that an online or blended learning course would be
   39  inappropriate or to an out-of-state transfer student who is
   40  enrolled in a Florida high school and has 1 academic year or
   41  less remaining in high school.
   42  
   43  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   44  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   45         Delete line 324
   46  and insert:
   47  and subsections (4), (7), and (9) of section 1003.4282, Florida
   48  
   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50  And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete line 37
   52  and insert:
   53         high school graduation; revising the options that a
   54         district school board or charter school governing
   55         board may offer for a student to satisfy certain
   56         online course requirements; deleting provisions
   57         requiring