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By the Committee on Higher Education Appropriations; and
Senator Lynn
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to higher education; amending
3 s. 1009.531, F.S.; revising the eligibility
4 requirements for the Florida Bright Futures
5 Scholarship Program; providing for the
6 disbursement of funds under the program to
7 students enrolled in the early admission
8 program during the 2007-2008 second semester;
9 amending s. 1009.534, F.S.; requiring that the
10 amount awarded to Florida Academic Scholars for
11 college-related expenses be specified by law or
12 in the General Appropriations Act; providing an
13 effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1009.531, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
20 student eligibility requirements for initial awards.--
21 (1) Effective January 1, 2008, in order to be eligible
22 for an initial award from any of the three types of
23 scholarships under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
24 Program, a student must:
25 (a) Be a Florida resident as defined in s. 1009.40 and
26 rules of the State Board of Education.
27 (b) Earn a standard Florida high school diploma or its
28 equivalent as described in s. 1003.429, s. 1003.43, or s.
29 1003.435 unless:
30 1. The student is enrolled full time in the early
31 admission program of an eligible postsecondary education
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1 institution or completes a home education program according to
2 s. 1002.41; or
3 2. The student earns a high school diploma from a
4 non-Florida school while living with a parent or guardian who
5 is on military or public service assignment away from Florida.
6 (c) Be accepted by and enroll in an eligible Florida
7 public or independent postsecondary education institution.
8 (d) Be enrolled for at least 6 semester credit hours
9 or the equivalent in quarter hours or clock hours.
10 (e) Not have been found guilty of, or entered a plea
11 of nolo contendere to, a felony charge, unless the student has
12 been granted clemency by the Governor and Cabinet sitting as
13 the Executive Office of Clemency.
14 (f) Apply for a scholarship from the program by high
15 school graduation.
16 Section 2. Disbursement of funds from the Florida
17 Bright Futures Scholarship Program for the 2007-2008 second
18 term to students who received an initial award for the
19 2007-2008 academic year for enrollment in the early admission
20 program is contingent upon funds being available after payment
21 to all other recipients of the Florida Bright Futures
22 Scholarship who are required to pay tuition and fees. If funds
23 are insufficient to pay in full all recipients enrolled in the
24 early admission program, the available funds shall be prorated
25 among the eligible students. This section expires July 1,
26 2008.
27 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1009.534, Florida
28 Statutes, is amended to read:
29 1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award.--
30 (2) Effective January 1, 2008, a Florida Academic
31 Scholar who is enrolled in a public postsecondary education
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1 institution is eligible for an award equal to the amount
2 required to pay tuition, fees, and an additional amount $600
3 for college-related expenses annually as specified in law or
4 the General Appropriations Act. A student who is enrolled in a
5 nonpublic postsecondary education institution is eligible for
6 an award equal to the amount that would be required to pay for
7 the average tuition and fees of a public postsecondary
8 education institution at the comparable level, plus the annual
9 amount specified in law or the General Appropriations Act for
10 college-related expenses $600.
11 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
12 law.
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