Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1060 By Senator Hutson 7-01048B-22 20221060__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to Florida Bright Futures Scholarship 3 Program student service requirements; amending ss. 4 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536, F.S.; providing that 5 students may satisfy eligibility requirements for a 6 Florida Academic Scholars, Florida Medallion Scholars, 7 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars, or a Florida 8 Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award, respectively, by 9 performing a specified number of hours of paid work; 10 authorizing, instead of requiring, such students to 11 identify a specified interest or develop a plan for 12 their service requirements under the program; 13 conforming provisions to changes by the act; providing 14 an effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1.Subsection (1) of section 1009.534, Florida 19 Statutes, is amended to read: 20 1009.534Florida Academic Scholars award. 21 (1)A student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars 22 award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 23 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 24 (a)Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as 25 calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or its equivalent, in high 26 school courses that are designated by the State Board of 27 Education as college-preparatory academic courses and has 28 attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(a) on 29 the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 30 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 31 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 32 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 33 (b)Has attended a home education program according to s. 34 1002.41 during grades 11 and 12, has completed the International 35 Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the International 36 Baccalaureate Diploma, or has completed the Advanced 37 International Certificate of Education curriculum but failed to 38 earn the Advanced International Certificate of Education 39 Diploma, and has attained at least the score required under s. 40 1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of 41 the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or 42 the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College 43 Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT 44 Assessment Program; 45 (c)Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate Diploma 46 from the International Baccalaureate Office or an Advanced 47 International Certificate of Education Diploma from the 48 University of Cambridge International Examinations Office; 49 (d)Has been recognized by the merit or achievement 50 programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a 51 scholar or finalist; or 52 (e)Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 53 Recognition Program as a scholar recipient. 54 55 The student must complete a program of volunteer service or, 56 beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022-2023 57 academic year and thereafter, paid work, as approved by the 58 district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, 59 or the Department of Education for home education program 60 students, which must include a minimum of 75 hours of service 61 work for high school students graduating in the 2010-2011 62 academic year and 100 hours of volunteer service or 300 hours of 63 paid work for high school students graduating in the 2011-2012 64 academic year and thereafter. The student may must identify a 65 social or civic issue or a professional area that interests him 66 or her and, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement 67 in addressing the issue or learning about the area. The student 68 must, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 69 reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid work 70 experience. Except for credit earned through service-learning 71 courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not 72 receive remuneration or academic credit for the volunteer 73 service work performed. Such volunteer service or paid work may 74 include, but is not limited to, a business or governmental 75 internship, work for a nonprofit community service organization, 76 or activities on behalf of a candidate for public office. The 77 hours of volunteer service or paid work must be documented in 78 writing, and the document must be signed by the student, the 79 students parent or guardian, and a representative of the 80 organization for which the student performed the volunteer 81 service or paid work. 82 Section 2.Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Florida 83 Statutes, is amended to read: 84 1009.535Florida Medallion Scholars award. 85 (1)A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars 86 award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 87 for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 88 (a)Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as 89 calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high 90 school courses that are designated by the State Board of 91 Education as college-preparatory academic courses and has 92 attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on 93 the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 94 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 95 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 96 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 97 (b)Has completed the International Baccalaureate 98 curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate 99 Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate 100 of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced 101 International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained 102 at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the 103 combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 104 Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 105 Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 106 or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 107 (c)Has attended a home education program according to s. 108 1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the 109 score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal 110 and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the 111 Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic 112 Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an 113 equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 114 (d)Has been recognized by the merit or achievement program 115 of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a scholar or 116 finalist but has not completed the program of volunteer service 117 or paid work required under s. 1009.534; or 118 (e)Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 119 Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the 120 program of volunteer service or paid work required under s. 121 1009.534. 122 123 A high school student graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year 124 and thereafter must complete at least 75 hours of volunteer 125 service or, beginning with a high school student graduating in 126 the 2022-2023 academic year and thereafter, paid work approved 127 by the district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic 128 school, or the Department of Education for home education 129 program students. The student may must identify a social or 130 civic issue or a professional area that interests him or her 131 and, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement in 132 addressing the issue or learning about the area. The student 133 must, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 134 reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid work 135 experience. Except for credit earned through service-learning 136 courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not 137 receive remuneration or academic credit for volunteer service 138 work performed. Such volunteer service or paid work may include, 139 but is not limited to, a business or governmental internship, 140 work for a nonprofit community service organization, or 141 activities on behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours 142 of volunteer service or paid work must be documented in writing, 143 and the document must be signed by the student, the students 144 parent or guardian, and a representative of the organization for 145 which the student performed the volunteer service or paid work. 146 Section 3.Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection 147 (2) of section 1009.536, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 148 1009.536Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars and Florida 149 Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards.The Florida Gold Seal Vocational 150 Scholars award and the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award are 151 created within the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to 152 recognize and reward academic achievement and career preparation 153 by high school students who wish to continue their education. 154 (1)A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal 155 Vocational Scholars award if he or she meets the general 156 eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures 157 Scholarship Program and: 158 (e)Beginning with high school students graduating in the 159 2011-2012 academic year and thereafter, Completes at least 30 160 hours of volunteer service or, beginning with high school 161 students graduating in the 2022-2023 academic year and 162 thereafter, paid work approved by the district school board, the 163 administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of 164 Education for home education program students. The student may 165 must identify a social or civic issue or a professional area 166 that interests him or her and, develop a plan for his or her 167 personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about 168 the area. The student must, and, through papers or other 169 presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her volunteer 170 service or paid work experience. Except for credit earned 171 through service-learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 172 1003.497, the student may not receive remuneration or academic 173 credit for the volunteer service work performed. Such volunteer 174 service or paid work may include, but is not limited to, a 175 business or governmental internship, work for a nonprofit 176 community service organization, or activities on behalf of a 177 candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer service or 178 paid work must be documented in writing, and the document must 179 be signed by the student, the students parent or guardian, and 180 a representative of the organization for which the student 181 performed the volunteer service or paid work. 182 (2)A high school student graduating in the 2016-2017 183 academic year and thereafter is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal 184 CAPE Scholars award if he or she meets the general eligibility 185 requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, 186 and the student: 187 (a)Earns a minimum of 5 postsecondary credit hours through 188 CAPE industry certifications approved pursuant to s. 1008.44 189 which articulate for college credit; and 190 (b)Completes at least 30 hours of volunteer service or, 191 beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022-2023 192 academic year and thereafter, paid work, approved by the 193 district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, 194 or the Department of Education for home education program 195 students. The student may must identify a social or civic issue 196 or a professional area that interests him or her and, develop a 197 plan for his or her personal involvement in addressing the issue 198 or learning about the area. The student must, and, through 199 papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or 200 her experience. Except for credit earned through service 201 learning courses adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student 202 may not receive remuneration or academic credit for the 203 volunteer service work performed. Such volunteer service or paid 204 work may include, but is not limited to, a business or 205 governmental internship, work for a nonprofit community service 206 organization, or activities on behalf of a candidate for public 207 office. The hours of volunteer service or paid work must be 208 documented in writing, and the document must be signed by the 209 student, the students parent or guardian, and a representative 210 of the organization for which the student performed the 211 volunteer service or paid work. 212 Section 4.This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.