October 23, 2003
M E M O R A N D U M
TO:
Florida School District Superintendents
FROM:
R.E. LeMon, Vice Chancellor
Academic and Student Affairs
Division of Colleges and Universities
SUBJECT:
Identifying High Performing High School Students for State University Admissions
In order to meet Florida’s education goals and future manpower needs, we seek your assistance in our
effort to enroll more of Florida’s top high school students in the State University System. We would like to
provide these students with information regarding our state universities and about the financial assistance
that may be available to them because of their academic achievements in high school.
This request is not to be confused with any actions related to the Talented Twenty program. We are only
seeking to identify and contact potential applicants at this time.
Please provide us with a list of your students, who have a weighted grade point average of 3.0 or better,
and have either of the following characteristics:
1. Classified as juniors who will be receiving the standard diploma under the traditional
24-credit program
2. Second year students who have selected the three-year, 18-credit graduation program
Early identification of these students will allow the recruiters more time to work with them to provide
resources to the students and the parents.
Enclosed are instructions for providing the information in machine-readable form. In order for the
admissions officers to make early contact with these students, it will be necessary for the data to be
submitted to the Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) during the week of November 17, through
Friday, November 21, 2003.
Florida School District Superintendents
October 23, 2003
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If you have any questions related to the data or the transmission, please contact the staff at FIRN:
Ms. Valeta Taylor at 850/245-9744 (Suncom 205-9744), Valeta.Taylor@flode.org. If you have any other
questions, please call Ms. Nell Kelly at 850/245-9703 (Suncom 205-9703).
In the event that you need to produce a hard-copy list of names, please mail them to Ms. Nell Kelly,
Florida Division of Colleges and Universities, Room 1601, Florida Education Center, 325 W. Gaines
Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1950.
Thank you for your cooperation in this important endeavor.
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Enclosure
c: Chancellor Debra Austin
John Winn
Charlene Coles
Valeta Taylor
University Directors of Admission
Student Services Directors
Guidance Supervisors
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING RECORDS
The school districts are asked to submit information electronically on their top high
school juniors who are seeking a
standard diploma.
Districts should use
FASTER
to
send records to the Division of Colleges and Universities (DCU) address (Institution ID 0000700,
Campus 0000.) For instructions on sending records see Chapter 2, pages
9-10 of the FASTER Manual. Only record types “S00" and “S01" are to be included
(see appendix I.) The message type codes that should be used are in appendix D.