<p>I live in the state of Florida so I am able to apply for bright futures. I was just wondering since they have a world language requirement I took Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 in Middle school I will not take more. But I read on bright futures website that if I did not take spanish 2 in high school I am not able to receive funding. Unless I misread that statement. So please will someone explain this to me. Thanks I have looked everywhere for information on this and could not find anything.</p>
<p>Here
[Florida</a> Student Scholarship and Grant Programs](<a href=“Home - Florida Student Scholarship & Grant Programs”>Home - Florida Student Scholarship & Grant Programs)</p>
<p>Page down - there is a table indicating what is acceptable for the foreign language requirement including CLEP/AP and SAT II subject tests.</p>
<p>I have found that page but this specific part has me worried </p>
<p>"Students must demonstrate foreign language proficiency at a level equal to two years of high school foreign language (sequential, in the same language) or American Sign Language coursework (see Comprehensive Course Table). This requirement can be met in one of the following ways. </p>
<p>Complete coursework as follows:
Second course in high school (Spanish II, French II, German II, etc.)
Second postsecondary course (Elementary II) as long as the course is for 4.0 credit hours. (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.)
Third postsecondary course (Intermediate I), regardless of credits."</p>
<p>Yes or the testing option listed:</p>
<p>Test Minimum Score Required for Proficiency
CLEP* For students entering college 2008-09 and later:
French 59; German 60; Spanish 63
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.</p>
<p>I think the CLEP might be your best bet. Could you take a class at a local CC and then take the CLEP? You could buy a CLEP book and see if you could study and pass the test with the required score (for example a 63 in Spanish). Will you be a senior in HS this fall?</p>
<p>Why would my guidance counselors tell me to to take it in middle school to get it out of the way if this is going to affect me going to college… So let me get this straight if I took it in middle school and nothing in high school I can not get the bright futures scholarship?</p>
<p>That is how I read it.
"All students who wish to earn an FAS or FMS award must meet the foreign language requirement. There are no exceptions for any reason. "</p>
<p>The only other option is to take the proficiency tests and get a score that they will accept (in my previous post). Can you just sign up for a language class Senior year? It seems that would be the easiest way to meet the requirement. I’m sorry but your guidance counselor may have gotten this wrong - or perhaps do the credits and grades from middle school show up on your high school transcript? May the guidance counselor though that would cover the requirement? I would ask her about that possibility.</p>
<p>It shows up on their… I guess I will have to ask them thanks so much.</p>
<p>If it shows up on your HS transcript, I expect it would count. My daughter took a freshman math class in middle school and it showed up on her HS transcript and counted toward her graduation requirements. Check to be sure, but I am guess you will be fine.</p>
<p>Brush up on your Spanish and take a CLEP test.</p>
<p>You have to check it out very carefully and by someone at Bright Futures. It is possible that your high school will take your language credits from middle school, but that doesn’t mean Bright Futures will necessarily accept this as meeting their requirements. They are giving out MONEY, not credits, and they have their set requirement. So the bottom line is that you need to get the information directly from them.</p>
<p>Middle school courses taken at the high school level can be treated in several different ways even among high schools. In a continuous program that is all in the same system, it is possible that the middle school course, grade and all is put on the high school transcript and it’s as though you took those courses in high school. Or they are noted and counted as credits but not in the GPA. Or they are just noted and used as pre reqs and stepping stones for taking more advanced courses. </p>
<p>You’ll find the same confusion when you go to college. Some colleges will give you credit for courses taken at the college level under varying circumstances, but a lot of times they are just stepping stones. My son had a bit of a rout with his college. For his degree Calc 3 and LIn ALg are specifically required. He tested out of them due to his test score on the BC Calc and some advance math medley course he took in high school. But in addition, the math department had to clear him to take the next course up, that had them as pre reqs. But the connection with the registrar’s office was not there, and he had to get that straightened out.</p>
<p>When it come to BF, they are giving out money based on certain criteria, and you have to make sure you dot your i’s and cross your t’s. My friend’s son missed out on one of these awards due to an ambiguous situation (Promise in WV) where the program simply refused to budge though I felt it could easily have made the allowance. So you have to make sure you specifically meet the requirements.</p>