Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 86
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: UNFAV .
03/24/2021 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Cruz) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (666218) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 376 - 468
5 and insert:
6 necessary to pay 100 percent of tuition and fees established
7 under ss. 1009.22(3), (5), (6), and (7); 1009.23(3), (4), (7),
8 (8), (10), and (11); and 1009.24(4), (7)-(13), (14)(r), and
9 (16), as applicable, and is eligible for an additional stipend
10 for textbooks, to assist with the payment of educational
11 expenses as funds are specifically appropriated in the General
12 Appropriations Act to assist with the payment of educational
13 expenses.
14 Section 11. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1009.535,
15 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
16 1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award.—
17 (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars
18 award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements
19 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and:
20 (a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as
21 calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high
22 school courses that are designated by the State Board of
23 Education as college-preparatory academic courses and has
24 attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on
25 the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
26 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
27 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
28 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
29 (b) Has completed the International Baccalaureate
30 curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate
31 Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate
32 of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced
33 International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained
34 at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the
35 combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
36 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
37 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
38 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
39 (c) Has attended a home education program according to s.
40 1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the
41 score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal
42 and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
43 Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
44 Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
45 equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
46 (d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement program
47 of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a scholar or
48 finalist but has not completed the program of volunteer service
49 work required under s. 1009.534; or
50 (e) Has been granted academic honors by one or more of the
51 College Board National Recognition Programs for students from
52 underrepresented communities recognized by the National Hispanic
53 Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the
54 program of volunteer service work required under s. 1009.534; or
55 (f) For a high school student who graduates in the 2021
56 2022 academic year and thereafter:
57 1. Has earned an associate degree with a minimum cumulative
58 postsecondary grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale before
59 graduating from high school; or
60 2. Has earned an Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma with
61 scores of 3 or higher on six Advanced Placement Examinations.
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63 A high school student graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year
64 and thereafter must complete at least 75 hours of volunteer
65 service work approved by the district school board, the
66 administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of
67 Education for home education program students. The student must
68 identify a social or civic issue or a professional area that
69 interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal
70 involvement in addressing the issue or learning about the area,
71 and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect
72 upon his or her experience. Except for credit earned through
73 service-learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the
74 student may not receive remuneration or academic credit for
75 volunteer service work performed. Such work may include, but is
76 not limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for
77 a nonprofit community service organization, or activities on
78 behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer
79 service must be documented in writing, and the document must be
80 signed by the student, the student’s parent or guardian, and a
81 representative of the organization for which the student
82 performed the volunteer service work.
83 (2) A Florida Medallion Scholar who is enrolled in a
84 certificate, diploma, associate, or baccalaureate degree program
85 at a public or nonpublic postsecondary educational education
86 institution is eligible, beginning in the fall 2018 semester,
87 for an award equal to the amount necessary to pay 75 percent of
88 tuition and fees established under ss. 1009.22(3), (5), (6), and
89 (7); 1009.23(3), (4), (7), (8), (10), and (11); and 1009.24(4),
90 (7)-(13), (14)(r), and (16), as applicable, to assist with the
91 payment of educational expenses. Beginning in the fall 2021
92 semester, a Florida Medallion Scholar who is enrolled in an
93 associate degree program at a Florida College System institution
94 is eligible for an award equal to the amount necessary to pay
95 100 percent of tuition and fees established under s. 1009.23(3),
96 (4), (7), (8), (10), and (11) to assist with the payment of
97 educational
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99 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
100 And the title is amended as follows:
101 Delete lines 600 - 607
102 and insert:
103 Academic Scholars award; amending s. 1009.535, F.S.;
104 revising and expanding eligibility for a Florida
105 Medallion Scholars award; amending s. 1009.893, F.S.;