Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (545546) for SB 62
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/02/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 208 and 209
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subsections (7) and (8) of section 1007.27,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         1007.27 Articulated acceleration mechanisms.—
    8         (7) The International Baccalaureate Program shall be the
    9  curriculum in which eligible secondary students are enrolled in
   10  a program of studies offered through the International
   11  Baccalaureate Program administered by the International
   12  Baccalaureate Office. The State Board of Education and the Board
   13  of Governors shall specify in the statewide articulation
   14  agreement required by s. 1007.23(1) the cutoff scores and
   15  International Baccalaureate Examinations which will be used to
   16  grant postsecondary credit at Florida College System
   17  institutions and universities. Any changes to the articulation
   18  agreement, which have the effect of raising the required cutoff
   19  score or of changing the International Baccalaureate
   20  Examinations which will be used to grant postsecondary credit,
   21  shall only apply to students taking International Baccalaureate
   22  Examinations after such changes are adopted by the State Board
   23  of Education and the Board of Governors. Students shall be
   24  awarded a maximum of 30 semester credit hours pursuant to this
   25  subsection. The specific course for which a student may receive
   26  such credit shall be specified in the statewide articulation
   27  agreement required by s. 1007.23(1). Students enrolled pursuant
   28  to this subsection shall be exempt from the payment of any fees
   29  for administration of the examinations regardless of whether or
   30  not the student achieves a passing score on the examination.
   31         (8) The Advanced International Certificate of Education
   32  Program and the International General Certificate of Secondary
   33  Education (pre-AICE) Program shall be the curricula in which
   34  eligible secondary students are enrolled in programs of study
   35  offered through the Advanced International Certificate of
   36  Education Program or the International General Certificate of
   37  Secondary Education (pre-AICE) Program administered by the
   38  University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. The State
   39  Board of Education and the Board of Governors shall specify in
   40  the statewide articulation agreement required by s. 1007.23(1)
   41  the cutoff scores and Advanced International Certificate of
   42  Education examinations which will be used to grant postsecondary
   43  credit at Florida College System institutions and universities.
   44  Any changes to the cutoff scores, which changes have the effect
   45  of raising the required cutoff score or of changing the Advanced
   46  International Certification of Education examinations which will
   47  be used to grant postsecondary credit, shall apply to students
   48  taking Advanced International Certificate of Education
   49  examinations after such changes are adopted by the State Board
   50  of Education and the Board of Governors. Students shall be
   51  awarded a maximum of 30 semester credit hours pursuant to this
   52  subsection. The specific course for which a student may receive
   53  such credit shall be determined by the Florida College System
   54  institution or university that accepts the student for
   55  admission. Students enrolled in either program of study pursuant
   56  to this subsection shall be exempt from the payment of any fees
   57  for administration of the examinations regardless of whether the
   58  student achieves a passing score on the examination.
   59  
   60  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   61  And the title is amended as follows:
   62         Between lines 9 and 10
   63  insert:
   64         1007.27, F.S.; removing a limitation on the number of
   65         semester credit hours a student may be awarded;
   66         amending s.