FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

JIM HORNE

Commissioner of Education

 

  

 

 

 

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  

 

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

 

Members

 

SALLY BRADSHAW

 

LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.

 

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

 

JULIA L. JOHNSON

 

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

  

 

July 14, 2003

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:

  

State University Presidents

 

FROM:

Debra Austin, Chancellor

 

  

  

SUBJECT:

Information on Senate Bill 30A and House Bill 23B

 

During the 2003 legislative session, the laws related to high school graduation were amended to provide students

with accelerated high school graduation options, to modify the general requirements for high school graduation, and

to align the number of required university admission credits with the accelerated options. In addition, the

Legislature, in Special Session B, passed House Bill 23B focusing on high school graduation requirements,

including the provision of additional opportunities and alternatives for students to meet certain high school

graduation requirements.

 

The following documents have been sent to District School Superintendents.

 

  

1.

Letter from Jim Warford, Chancellor K-12, notifying District School Superintendents of the legislative

changes in high school graduation – Senate Bill 30A.

http://info.fldoe.org/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-1273/DPS_04-001.pdf.

 

2.

Letter from Jim Warford, Chancellor K-12, to District School Superintendents providing technical assistance

materials related to the implementation of accelerated graduation options defined in Senate Bill 30A.

http://info.fldoe.org/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-1282/SB30A-BISCS.pdf.

  

3.

Letter from Commissioner Jim Horne to District School Superintendents providing information on House Bill

23B relating to alternate assessment options for meeting grade 10 FCAT graduation requirement.

http://info.fldoe.org/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-1280/HORNE-7-7-30.pdf.

http://info.fldoe.org/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-1281/HORNE-7-7-03attach.pdf.

   

Please forward these documents to the appropriate persons at your university so that everyone is aware of the

alternatives for FCAT for the 2002-2003 graduating seniors and the graduation options that are now in law. Ms.

Nell Kelly and Ms. Lynda Page will be providing Admission Directors and Registrars with copies of these materials

at the July 23 meeting of the Admissions and Registrars meeting in Sanibel.

 

DA/cnk

 

c:

Members, Council of Academic Vice Presidents

DIVISION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

 

 

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