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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Florida Bright Futures 2
Scholarship Program student service requirements; 3
amending ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536, F.S.; 4
authorizing a student's service requirements for an 5
award under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship 6
Program to be paid rather than volunteer; authorizing, 7
rather than requiring, a student to identify a 8
specified interest or develop a plan for his or her 9
service requirements under the program; conforming 10
provisions to changes by the act; providing an 11
effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1009.534, Florida 16
Statutes, is amended to read: 17
1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award. — 18
(1) A student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars 19
award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 20
for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 21
(a) Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as 22
calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or its equivalent, in high 23
school courses that are designated by the State Board of 24
Education as college -preparatory academic courses and has 25
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attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531 (6)(a) on 26
the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 27
Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 28
Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 29
or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 30
(b) Has attended a home education program according to s. 31
1002.41 during grades 11 and 12, has completed the International 32
Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the International 33
Baccalaureate Diploma, or has completed the Advanced 34
International Certificate of Education curriculum but failed to 35
earn the Advanced International Certificate of Education 36
Diploma, and has attained at least the score required under s. 37
1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of 38
the Scholastic Aptitude Te st, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or 39
the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College 40
Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT 41
Assessment Program; 42
(c) Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate 43
Diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office or an 44
Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma from the 45
University of Cambridge International Examinations Office; 46
(d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement 47
programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corpora tion as a 48
scholar or finalist; or 49
(e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 50
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Recognition Program as a scholar recipient. 51
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The student must complete a program of volunteer service or, 53
beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022 -2023 54
academic year and thereafter, paid work, as approved by the 55
district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, 56
or the Department of Education for home education program 57
students, which must include a minimum of 75 hours of service 58
work for high school students graduating in the 2010 -2011 59
academic year and 100 hours of volunteer service or paid work 60
for high school students graduating in the 2011 -2012 academic 61
year and thereafter. The student may must identify a social or 62
civic issue or a profe ssional area that interests him or her 63
and, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement in 64
addressing the issue or learning about the area . The student 65
must, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 66
reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid work 67
experience. Except for credit earned through service -learning 68
courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not 69
receive remuneration or academic credit for the volunteer 70
service work performed. Such volunteer service or paid work may 71
include, but is not limited to, a business or governmental 72
internship, work for a nonprofit community service organization, 73
or activities on behalf of a candidate for public office. The 74
hours of volunteer service or paid work must be documented i n 75
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writing, and the document must be signed by the student, the 76
student's parent or guardian, and a representative of the 77
organization for which the student performed the volunteer 78
service or paid work. 79
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Flo rida 80
Statutes, is amended to read: 81
1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award. — 82
(1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars 83
award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 84
for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 85
(a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as 86
calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high 87
school courses that are designated by the State Board of 88
Education as college -preparatory academic courses and has 89
attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on 90
the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 91
Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 92
Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 93
or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 94
(b) Has completed the International Baccalaureate 95
curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate 96
Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate 97
of Education curriculum but failed to e arn the Advanced 98
International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained 99
at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the 100
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combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 101
Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the rece ntered 102
Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 103
or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 104
(c) Has attended a home education program according to s. 105
1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the 106
score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal 107
and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the 108
Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic 109
Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an 110
equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 111
(d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement 112
program of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a 113
scholar or finalist but has not completed the program of 114
volunteer service or paid work required under s. 1009.534; or 115
(e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 116
Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the 117
program of volunteer service or paid work required under s. 118
1009.534. 119
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A high school student graduating in the 2011 -2012 academic year 121
and thereafter must complete at least 75 hours of volunteer 122
service or, beginning with a high school student graduating in 123
the 2022-2023 academic year and thereafter, paid work approved 124
by the district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic 125
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school, or the Department of Education for home education 126
program students. The student may must identify a social or 127
civic issue or a professional area that interests him or her 128
and, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement in 129
addressing the issue or learning abou t the area. The student 130
must, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 131
reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid work 132
experience. Except for credit earned through service -learning 133
courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not 134
receive remuneration or academic credit for volunteer service 135
work performed. Such volunteer service or paid work may include, 136
but is not limited to, a business or governmental internship, 137
work for a nonprofit community service organization, or 138
activities on behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours 139
of volunteer service or paid work must be documented in writing, 140
and the document must be signed by the student, the student's 141
parent or guardian, and a representative of the organization for 142
which the student performed the volunteer service or paid work. 143
Section 3. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection 144
(2) of section 1009.536, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 145
1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars and Florida 146
Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards. —The Florida Gold Seal Vocational 147
Scholars award and the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award are 148
created within the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to 149
recognize and reward academic achievement and career preparation 150
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by high school students who wish to continue their education. 151
(1) A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal 152
Vocational Scholars award if he or she meets the general 153
eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures 154
Scholarship Program and: 155
(e) Beginning with high school students graduating in the 156
2011-2012 academic year and thereafter, Completes at least 30 157
hours of volunteer service or, beginning with high school 158
students graduating in the 2022 -2023 academic year and 159
thereafter, paid work, approved by the district school board, 160
the administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of 161
Education for home education program students. The student may 162
must identify a social or civic issue or a professional area 163
that interests him or her and, develop a plan for his or her 164
personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about 165
the area. The student must, and, through papers or other 166
presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her volunteer 167
service or paid work experience. Except for credit earned 168
through service-learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 169
1003.497, the student may not receive remuneration or academic 170
credit for the volunteer service work performed. Such volunteer 171
service or paid work may include, but is not limited to, a 172
business or governmental internship, work for a nonprofit 173
community service organization, or activities on behalf of a 174
candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer service or 175
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paid work must be documented in writing, and the document must 176
be signed by the student, the student's parent or guardian, and 177
a representative of the organization for which the student 178
performed the volunteer service or paid work. 179
(2) A high school student graduating in the 2016 -2017 180
academic year and thereafter is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal 181
CAPE Scholars award if he or she meets the general eligibility 182
requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, 183
and the student: 184
(a) Earns a minimum of 5 postsecondary credit hours 185
through CAPE industry certificatio ns approved pursuant to s. 186
1008.44 which articulate for college credit; and 187
(b) Completes at least 30 hours of volunteer service or, 188
beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022 -2023 189
academic year and thereafter, paid work, approved by the 190
district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, 191
or the Department of Education for home education program 192
students. The student may must identify a social or civic issue 193
or a professional area that interests him or her and, develop a 194
plan for his or her personal involvement in addressing the issue 195
or learning about the area . The student must, and, through 196
papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or 197
her experience. Except for credit earned through service -198
learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student 199
may not receive remuneration or academic credit for the 200
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volunteer service work performed. Such volunteer service or paid 201
work may include, but is not limited to, a business or 202
governmental internship, work for a nonprofit community service 203
organization, or activities on behalf of a candidate for public 204
office. The hours of volunteer service or paid work must be 205
documented in writing, and the document must be signed by the 206
student, the student's parent or guardi an, and a representative 207
of the organization for which the student performed the 208
volunteer service or paid work. 209
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 210