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By the Committee on Higher Education; and Senator Lawson
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to First Generation Matching
3 Grant Programs; amending s. 1009.701, F.S.,
4 relating to the First Generation Matching Grant
5 Program for state universities; clarifying
6 provisions relating to eligibility for receipt
7 of a grant; revising provisions relating to
8 allocation and reallocation of funds;
9 authorizing the award of grants for summer-term
10 enrollment if funds are available; providing
11 duties and reporting requirements of
12 institutions participating in the program;
13 providing for the use of balance of funds;
14 creating ss. 1009.702 and 1009.703, F.S.;
15 creating the First Generation Matching Grant
16 Program for community colleges and the First
17 Generation Matching Grant Program for colleges
18 and universities eligible to participate in the
19 William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access
20 Grant Program; providing for financial aid to
21 eligible undergraduate students who demonstrate
22 financial need and whose parents have not
23 earned a baccalaureate or higher degree;
24 providing for the appropriation, allocation,
25 and distribution of funds; providing
26 eligibility criteria; providing an effective
27 date.
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29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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1 Section 1. Section 1009.701, Florida Statutes, is
2 amended to read:
3 1009.701 First Generation Matching Grant Program for
4 state universities.--
5 (1) The First Generation Matching Grant Program for
6 state universities is created to enable each state university
7 to provide donors with a matching grant incentive for
8 contributions that will create grant-based student financial
9 aid for undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need
10 and whose parents, as defined in s. 1009.21(1), have not
11 earned a baccalaureate or higher degree. In the case of any
12 individual who regularly resided with and received support
13 from only one parent, an individual whose only such parent did
14 not complete a baccalaureate or higher degree would also be
15 eligible.
16 (2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
17 program shall be allocated by the Office of Student Financial
18 Assistance to match private contributions on a
19 dollar-for-dollar basis. Contributions made to a state
20 university and pledged for the purposes of this section are
21 eligible for state matching funds appropriated for this
22 program and are not eligible for any other state matching
23 grant program. Pledged contributions are not eligible for
24 matching prior to the actual collection of the total funds.
25 The Office of Student Financial Assistance shall reserve a
26 proportionate allocation of the total appropriated funds for
27 each state university on the basis of full-time equivalent
28 resident undergraduate enrollment. For the 2007-2008 fiscal
29 year, funds that remain unmatched as of December 1 shall be
30 reallocated to state universities that have remaining
31 unmatched private contributions for the program on the basis
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1 of full-time equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment.
2 Beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year, funds that remain
3 unmatched as of August 1 shall be reallocated to state
4 universities that have remaining unmatched private
5 contributions for the program on the basis of full-time
6 equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment.
7 (3) Payment of the state matching grant shall be
8 transmitted to the president of each participating institution
9 or his or her representative in advance of the official
10 drop-add deadline as defined by the institution.
11 (4) Each participating state university shall
12 establish an application process, determine student
13 eligibility for initial and renewal awards in conformance with
14 subsection (5), identify the amount awarded to each recipient,
15 and notify recipients of the amount of their awards. A
16 university may award grants for summer-term enrollment if
17 funds are available. Grants for summer-term enrollment may be
18 used only at the institution awarding the grant. For the
19 purpose of this subsection, the term "summer-term enrollment"
20 means enrollment in the term at the end of the academic year
21 which is the period of time from one fall term to the next in
22 which a full-time student is expected to complete the
23 equivalent of two semesters, two trimesters, or three
24 quarters.
25 (5) In order to be eligible to receive a grant
26 pursuant to this section, an applicant must:
27 (a) Be a resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s.
28 1009.21.
29 (b) Be a first-generation college student. For the
30 purposes of this section, a student is considered "first
31 generation" if neither of the student's parents, as defined in
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1 s. 1009.21(1), earned a college degree at the baccalaureate
2 level or higher or, in the case of any individual who
3 regularly resided with and received support from only one
4 parent, if that parent did not earn a baccalaureate or higher
5 degree.
6 (c) Be accepted at a state university.
7 (d) Be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours per
8 term as a degree-seeking undergraduate student.
9 (e) Have demonstrated financial need by completing the
10 Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
11 (f) Meet additional eligibility requirements as
12 established by the institution.
13 (6) The award amount shall be based on the student's
14 need assessment after any scholarship or grant aid, including,
15 but not limited to, a Pell Grant or a Bright Futures
16 Scholarship, has been applied. An award may not exceed the
17 institution's estimated annual cost of attendance for the
18 student to attend the institution.
19 (7) The eligibility status of each student to receive
20 a disbursement shall be determined by each institution as of
21 the end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a
22 drop-add period. An institution is not required to reevaluate
23 a student's eligibility status after this date for purposes of
24 changing eligibility determinations previously made.
25 Participating institutions shall verify the continued
26 eligibility of awarded students, provide for the disbursement
27 of funds to students, and comply with the department's
28 reporting requirements. Institutions shall certify to the
29 department, each academic term within 30 days after the end of
30 the regular registration period, the student's enrollment,
31 continued eligibility, and the award amount. Any balance at
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1 the end of a fiscal year that has been disbursed to an
2 institution for this program must remain at the institution
3 and be available only to provide grants for returning and new
4 awardees. Each participating institution shall report to the
5 Office of Student Financial Assistance by the date established
6 by the office the eligible students to whom grant moneys are
7 disbursed each academic term. Each institution shall certify
8 to the Office of Student Financial Assistance the amount of
9 funds disbursed to each student and shall remit to the office
10 any undisbursed advances by June 1 of each year.
11 (8) No later than November 15 July 1, each
12 participating institution shall annually report to the
13 Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the Senate,
14 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Board of
15 Governors the eligibility requirements for recipients, the
16 aggregate demographics of recipients, the retention and
17 graduation rates of recipients, and a delineation of funds
18 awarded to recipients in the prior academic year.
19 (9) This section shall be implemented only as
20 specifically funded.
21 Section 2. Section 1009.702, Florida Statutes, is
22 created to read:
23 1009.702 First Generation Matching Grant Program for
24 community colleges.--
25 (1) The First Generation Matching Grant Program for
26 community colleges is created to enable each community
27 college, as defined in s. 1000.21, to provide donors with a
28 matching grant incentive for contributions that will create
29 grant-based student financial aid for undergraduate students
30 who demonstrate financial need and whose parents, as defined
31 in s. 1009.21(1), have not earned a baccalaureate or higher
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1 degree. In the case of any individual who regularly resided
2 with and received support from only one parent, an individual
3 whose only such parent did not complete a baccalaureate or
4 higher degree would also be eligible.
5 (2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
6 program shall be allocated by the Office of Student Financial
7 Assistance to match private contributions on a
8 dollar-for-dollar basis. Contributions made to a community
9 college and pledged for the purposes of this section are
10 eligible for state matching funds appropriated for this
11 program and are not eligible for any other state matching
12 grant program. Pledged contributions are not eligible for
13 matching before the actual collection of the total funds. The
14 Office of Student Financial Assistance shall reserve a
15 proportionate allocation of the total appropriated funds for
16 each community college on the basis of full-time equivalent
17 resident enrollment in advanced and professional programs. For
18 the 2007-2008 fiscal year, funds that remain unmatched as of
19 December 1 shall be reallocated to community colleges that
20 have remaining unmatched private contributions for the program
21 on the basis of full-time equivalent resident enrollment in
22 advanced and professional programs. Beginning with the
23 2008-2009 fiscal year, funds that remain unmatched as of
24 August 1 shall be reallocated to community colleges that have
25 remaining unmatched private contributions for the program on
26 the basis of full-time equivalent resident enrollment in
27 advanced and professional programs.
28 (3) Payment of the state matching grant shall be
29 transmitted to the president of each participating institution
30 or his or her representative in advance of the official
31 drop-add deadline as defined by the institution.
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1 (4) Each participating community college must
2 establish an application process, determine student
3 eligibility for initial and renewal awards in conformance with
4 subsection (5), identify the amount awarded to each recipient,
5 and notify recipients of the amount of their awards. A
6 community college may award grants for summer-term enrollment
7 if funds are available. Grants for summer-term enrollment may
8 be used only at the institution awarding the grant. For the
9 purpose of this subsection, the term "summer-term enrollment"
10 means enrollment in the term at the end of the academic year
11 which is the period of time from one fall term to the next in
12 which a full-time student is expected to complete the
13 equivalent of two semesters, two trimesters, or three
14 quarters.
15 (5) In order to be eligible to receive a grant
16 pursuant to this section, an applicant must:
17 (a) Be a resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s.
18 1009.21.
19 (b) Be a first-generation college student. For the
20 purposes of this section, a student is considered "first
21 generation" if neither of the student's parents, as defined in
22 s. 1009.21(1), earned a college degree at the baccalaureate
23 level or higher or, in the case of any individual who
24 regularly resided with and received support from only one
25 parent, if that parent did not earn a baccalaureate or higher
26 degree.
27 (c) Be accepted at a community college as defined in
28 s. 1000.21.
29 (d) Be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours per
30 term as a degree-seeking undergraduate student.
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1 (e) Have demonstrated financial need by completing the
2 Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
3 (f) Meet additional eligibility requirements as
4 established by the institution.
5 (6) The award amount shall be based on the student's
6 need assessment after any scholarship or grant aid, including,
7 but not limited to, a Pell Grant or a Florida Bright Futures
8 Scholarship, has been applied. An award may not exceed the
9 institution's estimated annual cost of attendance for the
10 student to attend the institution.
11 (7) The eligibility status of each student to receive
12 a disbursement shall be determined by each institution as of
13 the end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a
14 drop-add period. An institution is not required to reevaluate
15 a student's eligibility status after this date for purposes of
16 changing eligibility determinations previously made.
17 Participating institutions shall verify the continued
18 eligibility of awarded students, provide for the disbursement
19 of funds to students, and comply with the department's
20 reporting requirements. Institutions shall certify to the
21 department, each academic term within 30 days after the end of
22 the regular registration period, the student's enrollment,
23 continued eligibility, and the award amount. Any balance at
24 the end of a fiscal year that has been disbursed to an
25 institution for this program shall remain at the institution
26 and shall be available only to provide grants for returning
27 and new awardees.
28 (8) No later than November 15, each participating
29 institution shall annually report to the Executive Office of
30 the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
31 House of Representatives, and the State Board of Education the
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1 eligibility requirements for recipients, the aggregate
2 demographics of recipients, the retention and graduation rates
3 of recipients, and a delineation of funds awarded to
4 recipients in the prior academic year.
5 (9) This section shall be implemented only as
6 specifically funded.
7 Section 3. Section 1009.703, Florida Statutes, is
8 created to read:
9 1009.703 First Generation Matching Grant Program for
10 colleges and universities eligible to participate in the
11 William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program.--
12 (1) The First Generation Matching Grant Program for
13 colleges and universities eligible to participate in the
14 William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program is
15 created to enable each private nonprofit college or university
16 eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida
17 Resident Access Grant Program to provide donors with a
18 matching grant incentive for contributions that will create
19 grant-based student financial aid for undergraduate students
20 who demonstrate financial need and whose parents, as defined
21 in s. 1009.21(1), have not earned a baccalaureate or higher
22 degree. In the case of any individual who regularly resided
23 with and received support from only one parent, an individual
24 whose only such parent did not complete a baccalaureate or
25 higher degree would also be eligible.
26 (2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
27 program shall be allocated by the Office of Student Financial
28 Assistance to match private contributions on a
29 dollar-for-dollar basis. Contributions made to a qualified
30 college or university and pledged for the purposes of this
31 section are eligible for state matching funds appropriated for
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1 this program and are not eligible for any other state matching
2 grant program. Pledged contributions are not eligible for
3 matching before the actual collection of the total funds. The
4 Office of Student Financial Assistance shall reserve a
5 proportionate allocation of the total appropriated funds for
6 each qualified college or university on the basis of full-time
7 equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment. For the
8 2007-2008 fiscal year, funds that remain unmatched as of
9 December 1 shall be reallocated to participating colleges and
10 universities that have remaining unmatched private
11 contributions for the program on the basis of full-time
12 equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment. Beginning with
13 the 2008-2009 fiscal year, funds that remain unmatched as of
14 August 1 shall be reallocated to participating colleges and
15 universities that have remaining unmatched private
16 contributions for the program on the basis of full-time
17 equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment.
18 (3) Payment of the state matching grant shall be
19 transmitted to the president of each participating institution
20 or his or her representative in advance of the official
21 drop-add deadline as defined by the institution.
22 (4) Each participating college or university shall
23 establish an application process, determine student
24 eligibility for initial and renewal awards in conformance with
25 subsection (5), identify the amount awarded to each recipient,
26 and notify recipients of the amount of their awards. A
27 participating college or university may award grants for
28 summer-term enrollment if funds are available. Grants for
29 summer-term enrollment may be used only at the institution
30 awarding the grant. For the purpose of this subsection, the
31 term "summer-term enrollment" means enrollment in the term at
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1 the end of the academic year which is the period of time from
2 one fall term to the next in which a full-time student is
3 expected to complete the equivalent of two semesters, two
4 trimesters, or three quarters.
5 (5) In order to be eligible to receive a grant
6 pursuant to this section, an applicant must:
7 (a) Meet the general requirements for student
8 eligibility for state financial aid, including residency, as
9 provided in s. 1009.40, except as otherwise provided in this
10 section.
11 (b) Be a first-generation college student. For the
12 purposes of this section, a student is considered "first
13 generation" if neither of the student's parents, as defined in
14 s. 1009.21(1), earned a college degree at the baccalaureate
15 level or higher or, in the case of any individual who
16 regularly resided with and received support from only one
17 parent, if that parent did not earn a baccalaureate or higher
18 degree.
19 (c) Be accepted at a private nonprofit college or
20 university eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV,
21 Florida Resident Access Grant Program.
22 (d) Be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours per
23 term as a degree-seeking undergraduate student.
24 (e) Have demonstrated financial need by completing the
25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
26 (f) Meet additional eligibility requirements as
27 established by the institution.
28 (6) The award amount shall be based on the student's
29 need assessment after any scholarship or grant aid, including,
30 but not limited to, a Pell Grant or a Florida Bright Futures
31 Scholarship, has been applied. An award may not exceed the
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1 institution's estimated annual cost of attendance for the
2 student to attend the institution.
3 (7) The eligibility status of each student to receive
4 a disbursement shall be determined by each institution as of
5 the end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a
6 drop-add period. An institution is not required to reevaluate
7 a student's eligibility status after this date for purposes of
8 changing eligibility determinations previously made.
9 Participating institutions shall verify the continued
10 eligibility of awarded students, provide for the disbursement
11 of funds to students, and comply with the department's
12 reporting requirements. Institutions shall certify to the
13 department, each academic term within 30 days after the end of
14 the regular registration period, the student's enrollment,
15 continued eligibility, and the award amount. Any balance at
16 the end of a fiscal year that has been disbursed to an
17 institution for this program shall remain at the institution
18 and shall be available only to provide grants for returning
19 and new awardees.
20 (8) No later than November 15, each participating
21 institution shall annually report to the Executive Office of
22 the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
23 House of Representatives, and the State Board of Education the
24 eligibility requirements for recipients, the aggregate
25 demographics of recipients, the retention and graduation rates
26 of recipients, and a delineation of funds awarded to
27 recipients in the prior academic year.
28 (9) This section shall be implemented only as
29 specifically funded.
30 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
31 law.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 SB 848
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4 The committee substitute revises the First Generation Matching
Grant Program to clarify that the program is for state
5 universities, revise dates for reporting and reallocation of
funds, and remove the requirement that undisbursed funds must
6 be remitted to the Department of Education.
7 The bill creates first-generation-in-college programs for
public community colleges and private postsecondary
8 institutions that are eligible for the William L. Boyd, IV,
Florida Resident Access Grant Program.
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