As part of its dropout prevention efforts, the state of Florida offers currently enrolled high school students the opportunity to earn a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. This new graduation option for at-risk students makes frequent use of computer-assisted instruction, operates a counseling component, integrates vocational education with the program, awards academic credits based on mastery, and helps students gain coping strategies. The number of Florida school districts using the GED option has grown from 16 in 1990-91 to 33 in 1993-94, with the number of participating students increasing from 186 to 1,144. More than 75 percent of the students usually pass the GED test each school year. As a result, more than half of the students are still in school, others have moved to other programs, and only 15 percent have dropped out. A follow-up study 3 years later of the 60 students who had exited the GED program (and could be found) showed that they earned more than their counterparts who were either traditional high school graduates or dropouts from the same school districts. They were employed at about the same rate as traditional graduates (54 percent) and at a much higher rate than that of dropouts (42 percent). (A matrix included in the report provides a brief highlight of the essential features of the program for the 1993-94 school year, district by district.) (KC)