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2005 Florida Statutes

SECTION 221
Dependent children of military personnel transferring to Florida schools; equivalencies for standardized tests.
Section 1008.221, Florida Statutes 2005

1008.221  Dependent children of military personnel transferring to Florida schools; equivalencies for standardized tests.--A dependent child of a member of the United States Armed Forces who enters a public school at the 12th grade from out of state or from a foreign country and provides satisfactory proof of attaining a score on an approved alternative assessment that is concordant to a passing score on the grade 10 FCAT shall satisfy the assessment requirement for a standard high school diploma as provided in s. 1003.43(5)(a). For purposes of this section, approved alternative assessments are the SAT and ACT.

History.--s. 13, ch. 2004-230.