Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 270
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00399A-25                                           2025270__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Bright Futures
    3         Scholarship Program; amending s. 1009.531, F.S.;
    4         revising eligibility requirements for a student who
    5         earns a high school diploma from a non-Florida school
    6         under certain circumstances; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   12  1009.531, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
   14  student eligibility requirements for initial awards.—
   15         (1) In order to be eligible for an initial award from any
   16  of the scholarships under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
   17  Program, a student must:
   18         (b) Earn a standard Florida high school diploma pursuant to
   19  s. 1002.3105(5), s. 1003.4281, or s. 1003.4282 or a high school
   20  equivalency diploma pursuant to s. 1003.435 unless:
   21         1. The student completes a home education program according
   22  to s. 1002.41;
   23         2. The student earns a high school diploma from a non
   24  Florida school while living with a parent or guardian who is on,
   25  or, within 12 months before the student’s high school
   26  graduation, has retired from, military or public service
   27  assignment away from Florida; or
   28         3. The student earns a high school diploma from a Florida
   29  private school operating pursuant to s. 1002.42.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.