Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (745108) for CS for SB 86
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Appropriations (Farmer) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 467 - 559
4 and insert:
5 necessary to pay 100 percent of tuition and fees established
6 under ss. 1009.22(3), (5), (6), and (7); 1009.23(3), (4), (7),
7 (8), (10), and (11); and 1009.24(4), (7)-(13), (14)(r), and
8 (16), as applicable, and is eligible for an additional stipend
9 for textbooks, to assist with the payment of educational
10 expenses as funds are specifically appropriated in the General
11 Appropriations Act.
12 Section 11. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1009.535,
13 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
14 1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award.—
15 (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars
16 award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements
17 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and:
18 (a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as
19 calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high
20 school courses that are designated by the State Board of
21 Education as college-preparatory academic courses and has
22 attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on
23 the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
24 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
25 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
26 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
27 (b) Has completed the International Baccalaureate
28 curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate
29 Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate
30 of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced
31 International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained
32 at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the
33 combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
34 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
35 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
36 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
37 (c) Has attended a home education program according to s.
38 1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the
39 score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal
40 and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
41 Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
42 Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
43 equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
44 (d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement program
45 of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a scholar or
46 finalist but has not completed the program of volunteer service
47 work required under s. 1009.534; or
48 (e) Has been granted academic honors by one or more of the
49 College Board National Recognition Programs for students from
50 underrepresented communities recognized by the National Hispanic
51 Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the
52 program of volunteer service work required under s. 1009.534; or
53 (f) For a high school student who graduates in the 2021
54 2022 academic year and thereafter:
55 1. Has earned an associate degree with a minimum cumulative
56 postsecondary grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale before
57 graduating from high school; or
58 2. Has earned an Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma with
59 scores of 3 or higher on six Advanced Placement Examinations.
60
61 A high school student graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year
62 and thereafter must complete at least 75 hours of volunteer
63 service work approved by the district school board, the
64 administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of
65 Education for home education program students. The student must
66 identify a social or civic issue or a professional area that
67 interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal
68 involvement in addressing the issue or learning about the area,
69 and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect
70 upon his or her experience. Except for credit earned through
71 service-learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the
72 student may not receive remuneration or academic credit for
73 volunteer service work performed. Such work may include, but is
74 not limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for
75 a nonprofit community service organization, or activities on
76 behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer
77 service must be documented in writing, and the document must be
78 signed by the student, the student’s parent or guardian, and a
79 representative of the organization for which the student
80 performed the volunteer service work.
81 (2) A Florida Medallion Scholar who is enrolled in a
82 certificate, diploma, associate, or baccalaureate degree program
83 at a public or nonpublic postsecondary educational education
84 institution is eligible, beginning in the fall 2018 semester,
85 for an award equal to the amount necessary to pay 75 percent of
86 tuition and fees established under ss. 1009.22(3), (5), (6), and
87 (7); 1009.23(3), (4), (7), (8), (10), and (11); and 1009.24(4),
88 (7)-(13), (14)(r), and (16), as applicable, to assist with the
89 payment of educational expenses. Beginning in the fall 2021
90 semester, a Florida Medallion Scholar who is enrolled in an
91 associate degree program at a Florida College System institution
92 is eligible for an award equal to the amount necessary to pay
93 100 percent of tuition and fees established under s. 1009.23(3),
94 (4), (7), (8), (10), and (11) to assist with the payment of
95 educational
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97 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
98 And the title is amended as follows:
99 Delete lines 79 - 86
100 and insert:
101 Academic Scholars award; amending s. 1009.535, F.S.;
102 revising and expanding eligibility for a Florida
103 Medallion Scholars award; amending s. 1009.893, F.S.;