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will share the recognition of salutatorian with the student with the next highest rank who
meets the three-year attendance requirement.

Students selecting an 18-Credit ACCEL Graduation Option or electing to complete the 24-Credit
Option in three years will not be eligible for valedictorian/salutatorian. An early admission
student enrolled full-time in a college or university during any portion of his/her senior year
will not be eligible for valedictorian/salutatorian.

Valedictorian/Salutatorian Calculation
1. The valedictorian/salutatorian award will be based on grades earned after promotion from
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8 grade through the first semester of 12 grade.
2. The valedictorian will be the student with the highest HPA, carried to the ten-thousandth
place.
3. The salutatorian will be the student with the second highest HPA, carried to the ten-
thousandth place.

4. In the case of a tie for the highest HPA, co-valedictorians will be named, and the student
with the third highest HPA will be designated as salutatorian. In the case of a tie for the
second highest HPA, co-salutatorians will be named.

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program

Per Florida Statute § 1009.53, the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program is created to
establish a lottery-funded scholarship program to reward any Florida high school graduate
who merits recognition of high academic achievement, and who enrolls in a degree program,
certificate program, or applied technology program at an eligible Florida public or private
postsecondary education institution within three years of graduation from high school. For
information regarding Bright Futures Scholarship recipients attending nonpublic institutions,
refer to Florida Statute §1009.538.

Additional information can also be obtained from the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
Program website located at: http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/bf/.

The Florida Bright Scholarship Program consists of three awards:
 Florida Academic Scholars Award;
 Florida Medallion Scholars Award;
 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars Award; and
 Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars Award.

Each award has its own academic eligibility requirements, award amounts, and funding length.
A student may receive funding for only one of the above awards. The highest award earned by

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