Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. PCS (545546) for SB 62 Ì456504!Î456504 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 03/02/2020 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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 be24awarded a maximum of 30 semester credit hours pursuant to this25subsection.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 be51awarded a maximum of 30 semester credit hours pursuant to this52subsection.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.