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Florida House Bill H0461

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1515 An act relating to the Florida Bright Futures 2
1616 Scholarship Program student service requirements; 3
1717 amending ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536, F.S.; 4
1818 authorizing a student's service requirements for an 5
1919 award under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship 6
2020 Program to be paid rather than volunteer; authorizing, 7
2121 rather than requiring, a student to identify a 8
2222 specified interest or develop a plan for his or her 9
2323 service requirements under the program; conforming 10
2424 provisions to changes by the act; providing an 11
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2727 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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2929 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1009.534, Florida 16
3030 Statutes, is amended to read: 17
3131 1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award. — 18
3232 (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars 19
3333 award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 20
3434 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 21
3535 (a) Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as 22
3636 calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or its equivalent, in high 23
3737 school courses that are designated by the State Board of 24
3838 Education as college -preparatory academic courses and has 25
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5252 the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 27
5353 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 28
5454 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 29
5555 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 30
5656 (b) Has attended a home education program according to s. 31
5757 1002.41 during grades 11 and 12, has completed the International 32
5858 Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the International 33
5959 Baccalaureate Diploma, or has completed the Advanced 34
6060 International Certificate of Education curriculum but failed to 35
6161 earn the Advanced International Certificate of Education 36
6262 Diploma, and has attained at least the score required under s. 37
6363 1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of 38
6464 the Scholastic Aptitude Te st, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or 39
6565 the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College 40
6666 Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT 41
6767 Assessment Program; 42
6868 (c) Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate 43
6969 Diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office or an 44
7070 Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma from the 45
7171 University of Cambridge International Examinations Office; 46
7272 (d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement 47
7373 programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corpora tion as a 48
7474 scholar or finalist; or 49
7575 (e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 50
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8484 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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8888 Recognition Program as a scholar recipient. 51
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9090 The student must complete a program of volunteer service or, 53
9191 beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022 -2023 54
9292 academic year and thereafter, paid work, as approved by the 55
9393 district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, 56
9494 or the Department of Education for home education program 57
9595 students, which must include a minimum of 75 hours of service 58
9696 work for high school students graduating in the 2010 -2011 59
9797 academic year and 100 hours of volunteer service or paid work 60
9898 for high school students graduating in the 2011 -2012 academic 61
9999 year and thereafter. The student may must identify a social or 62
100100 civic issue or a profe ssional area that interests him or her 63
101101 and, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement in 64
102102 addressing the issue or learning about the area . The student 65
103103 must, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 66
104104 reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid work 67
105105 experience. Except for credit earned through service -learning 68
106106 courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not 69
107107 receive remuneration or academic credit for the volunteer 70
108108 service work performed. Such volunteer service or paid work may 71
109109 include, but is not limited to, a business or governmental 72
110110 internship, work for a nonprofit community service organization, 73
111111 or activities on behalf of a candidate for public office. The 74
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125125 writing, and the document must be signed by the student, the 76
126126 student's parent or guardian, and a representative of the 77
127127 organization for which the student performed the volunteer 78
128128 service or paid work. 79
129129 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Flo rida 80
130130 Statutes, is amended to read: 81
131131 1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award. — 82
132132 (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars 83
133133 award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 84
134134 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 85
135135 (a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as 86
136136 calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high 87
137137 school courses that are designated by the State Board of 88
138138 Education as college -preparatory academic courses and has 89
139139 attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on 90
140140 the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 91
141141 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 92
142142 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 93
143143 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 94
144144 (b) Has completed the International Baccalaureate 95
145145 curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate 96
146146 Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate 97
147147 of Education curriculum but failed to e arn the Advanced 98
148148 International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained 99
149149 at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the 100
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163163 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the rece ntered 102
164164 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 103
165165 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 104
166166 (c) Has attended a home education program according to s. 105
167167 1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the 106
168168 score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal 107
169169 and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the 108
170170 Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic 109
171171 Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an 110
172172 equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 111
173173 (d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement 112
174174 program of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a 113
175175 scholar or finalist but has not completed the program of 114
176176 volunteer service or paid work required under s. 1009.534; or 115
177177 (e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 116
178178 Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the 117
179179 program of volunteer service or paid work required under s. 118
180180 1009.534. 119
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182182 A high school student graduating in the 2011 -2012 academic year 121
183183 and thereafter must complete at least 75 hours of volunteer 122
184184 service or, beginning with a high school student graduating in 123
185-the 2022-2023 academic year and thereafter, 100 hours of paid 124
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199-of a nonpublic school, or the Department of Education for home 126
200-education program students. The student may must identify a 127
201-social or civic issue or a professional area that interests him 128
202-or her and, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement 129
203-in addressing the issue or learning about the area . The student 130
199+school, or the Department of Education for home education 126
200+program students. The student may must identify a social or 127
201+civic issue or a professional area that interests him or her 128
202+and, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement in 129
203+addressing the issue or learning abou t the area. The student 130
204204 must, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 131
205205 reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid work 132
206206 experience. Except for credit earned through service -learning 133
207207 courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not 134
208208 receive remuneration or academic credit for volunteer service 135
209209 work performed. Such volunteer service or paid work may include, 136
210210 but is not limited to, a business or governmental internship, 137
211211 work for a nonprofit community service organization, or 138
212212 activities on behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours 139
213213 of volunteer service or paid work must be documented in writing, 140
214214 and the document must be signed by the student, the student's 141
215215 parent or guardian, and a representative of the organization for 142
216216 which the student performed the volunteer service or paid work. 143
217217 Section 3. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection 144
218218 (2) of section 1009.536, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 145
219219 1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars and Florida 146
220220 Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards. —The Florida Gold Seal Vocational 147
221221 Scholars award and the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award are 148
222222 created within the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to 149
223223 recognize and reward academic achievement and career preparation 150
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236236 by high school students who wish to continue their education. 151
237237 (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal 152
238238 Vocational Scholars award if he or she meets the general 153
239239 eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures 154
240240 Scholarship Program and: 155
241241 (e) Beginning with high school students graduating in the 156
242242 2011-2012 academic year and thereafter, Completes at least 30 157
243243 hours of volunteer service or, beginning with high school 158
244244 students graduating in the 2022 -2023 academic year and 159
245-thereafter, 100 hours of paid work, approved by the district 160
246-school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, or the 161
247-Department of Education for home education program students. The 162
248-student may must identify a social or civic issue or a 163
249-professional area that interests him or her and, develop a plan 164
250-for his or her personal involvement in addressing the issue or 165
251-learning about the area . The student must, and, through papers 166
252-or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her 167
253-volunteer service or paid work experience. Except for credit 168
254-earned through service -learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 169
245+thereafter, paid work, approved by the district school board, 160
246+the administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of 161
247+Education for home education program students. The student may 162
248+must identify a social or civic issue or a professional area 163
249+that interests him or her and, develop a plan for his or her 164
250+personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about 165
251+the area. The student must, and, through papers or other 166
252+presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her volunteer 167
253+service or paid work experience. Except for credit earned 168
254+through service-learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 169
255255 1003.497, the student may not receive remuneration or academic 170
256256 credit for the volunteer service work performed. Such volunteer 171
257257 service or paid work may include, but is not limited to, a 172
258258 business or governmental internship, work for a nonprofit 173
259259 community service organization, or activities on behalf of a 174
260260 candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer service or 175
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273273 paid work must be documented in writing, and the document must 176
274274 be signed by the student, the student's parent or guardian, and 177
275275 a representative of the organization for which the student 178
276276 performed the volunteer service or paid work. 179
277277 (2) A high school student graduating in the 2016 -2017 180
278278 academic year and thereafter is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal 181
279279 CAPE Scholars award if he or she meets the general eligibility 182
280280 requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, 183
281281 and the student: 184
282282 (a) Earns a minimum of 5 postsecondary credit hours 185
283283 through CAPE industry certificatio ns approved pursuant to s. 186
284284 1008.44 which articulate for college credit; and 187
285285 (b) Completes at least 30 hours of volunteer service or, 188
286286 beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022 -2023 189
287-academic year and thereafter, 100 hours of paid work, approved 190
288-by the district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic 191
289-school, or the Department of Education for home education 192
290-program students. The student may must identify a social or 193
291-civic issue or a pro fessional area that interests him or her 194
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293-addressing the issue or learning about the area . The student 196
294-must, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 197
295-reflect upon his or her experience. Except for credit earned 198
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290+students. The student may must identify a social or civic issue 193
291+or a professional area that interests him or her and, develop a 194
292+plan for his or her personal involvement in addressing the issue 195
293+or learning about the area . The student must, and, through 196
294+papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or 197
295+her experience. Except for credit earned through service -198
296+learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student 199
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310-credit for the volunteer service work performed. Such volunteer 201
311-service or paid work may include, but is not limited to, a 202
312-business or governmental internship, work for a nonprofit 203
313-community service organization, or activities on behalf of a 204
314-candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer service or 205
315-paid work must be documente d in writing, and the document must 206
316-be signed by the student, the student's parent or guardian, and 207
317-a representative of the organization for which the student 208
318-performed the volunteer service or paid work. 209
310+volunteer service work performed. Such volunteer service or paid 201
311+work may include, but is not limited to, a business or 202
312+governmental internship, work for a nonprofit community service 203
313+organization, or activities on behalf of a candidate for public 204
314+office. The hours of volunteer service or paid work must be 205
315+documented in writing, and the document must be signed by the 206
316+student, the student's parent or guardi an, and a representative 207
317+of the organization for which the student performed the 208
318+volunteer service or paid work. 209
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