Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1762
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00683B-21                                          20211762__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Postsecondary Student
    3         Assistance Grant Program; amending s. 1009.52, F.S.;
    4         expanding grant eligibility to certificate-seeking
    5         students; expanding the postsecondary institution list
    6         for grant-eligible students to include institutions
    7         licensed by the Commission for Independent Education
    8         which prepare students to obtain Airframe and
    9         Powerplant certification from the Federal Aviation
   10         Administration; providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   15  1009.52, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         1009.52 Florida Postsecondary Student Assistance Grant
   17  Program; eligibility for grants.—
   18         (2)(a) Florida postsecondary student assistance grants may
   19  be made only to full-time degree-seeking students who meet the
   20  general requirements for student eligibility as provided in s.
   21  1009.40 or to certificate-seeking students, except as otherwise
   22  provided in this section. Such grants shall be awarded for the
   23  amount of demonstrated unmet need for tuition and fees and may
   24  not exceed the maximum annual award amount specified in the
   25  General Appropriations Act. A demonstrated unmet need of less
   26  than $200 shall render the applicant ineligible for a Florida
   27  postsecondary student assistance grant. Recipients of such
   28  grants must have been accepted at a postsecondary institution
   29  that is located in this state and that is:
   30         1. A private nursing diploma school approved by the Florida
   31  Board of Nursing; or
   32         2. A college or university licensed by the Commission for
   33  Independent Education, excluding those institutions the students
   34  of which are eligible to receive a Florida private student
   35  assistance grant pursuant to s. 1009.51; or
   36         3. An institution licensed by the Commission for
   37  Independent Education which prepares students to obtain Airframe
   38  and Powerplant certification from the Federal Aviation
   39  Administration.
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   41  If funds are available, a student who received an award in the
   42  fall or spring term may receive an award in the summer term.
   43  Priority in the distribution of summer awards shall be given to
   44  students who are within one semester of completing a degree or
   45  certificate program. No student may receive an award for more
   46  than the equivalent of 9 semesters or 14 quarters of full-time
   47  enrollment, except as otherwise provided in s. 1009.40(3).
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.