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Foreign Language Requirements
Florida Academic Scholars and Florida Medallion
Scholars academic course requirements include foreign
language. To meet the foreign language requirement for either the
Florida Academic Scholars or the Florida Medallion Scholars award, students
must demonstrate foreign language proficiency at a level equal to two
years of high school foreign language (in the same language) or American Sign Language coursework
(see Comprehensive Course Table).
This requirement can be met in one of five ways.
- Students may complete two years of high school coursework in the same foreign or sign language.
If the student meets the requirement through this method, the course numbers must be entered on the student's
transcript.
- Dual Enrollment - The Articulation Coordinating Committee (ACC) and the State Board of
Education has approved all four-credit foreign language courses to receive one high school credit,
beginning with high school year 2002-03. The Bright Futures Comprehensive Course Table (CCT) identifies,
by course number, those foreign language courses that earn one (1.0) high school credit and those
that earn .5 high school credit.
Students may also meet the requirement in one of the ways listed below. For methods 3 through 5, the Bright
Futures Foreign Language Waiver (0791920) must be entered in a student's transcript.
- Complete 1.0 high school credit of an intermediate level dual enrollment course or the second year of a
high school level course in a foreign language.
Note: For methods 4 and 5 below, documentation of proficiency level must be kept
in the student's cumulative folder.
- Earn at least the scores indicated below on a CLEP, AP, SAT-II or Departmental Test.
| Test |
Minimum
Score Required for Proficiency |
| CLEP* |
For students entering college 2008-09 and later:
French 59; German 60; Spanish 63
For students entering college 2007-08 and earlier:
French 62; German 63; Spanish 66.
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| AP* |
3 |
| SAT-II |
If a college
awards credit based on an SAT - Subject test, documentation of the credits
awarded must be given to the high school guidance counselor. |
| Departmental
Test |
If a college
awards credit based on a Departmental Test, documentation of the credits
awarded must be given to the high school guidance counselor. |
| *Scores approved by State Board of Education and posted in the Articulation Coordinating
Committee’s Credit-by-Exam Equivalencies document. |
- If a student's proficiency is in a language for which there is no test available to determine proficiency, a
transcript documenting formal education equal to two years of high school coursework in that language, or in
English, in another country may be used.
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