The Florida Senate

240.40208  Eligibility for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; transition.--

(1)  A student who graduates from high school in 1997 or earlier and who is eligible for the Florida Undergraduate Scholar's Program pursuant to ¹s. 240.402 is eligible for the Florida Academic Scholars award as provided in this act.

(2)  A student who graduates from high school in 1997 or earlier and who is eligible for the Florida Vocational Gold Seal Endorsement Scholarship award pursuant to ¹s. 240.4021 is eligible for the Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award as provided in this act.

(3)  Effective for the 1997-1998 academic year, a student is eligible for an initial award of a Florida Merit Scholarship if the student:

(a)

1.  Is scheduled to graduate from high school in 1997;

2.  Completes, or is enrolled in all courses required to complete, the high school college-preparatory coursework required in this act;

3.  Achieves an unweighted grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or the equivalent, in high school courses that are adopted by the Board of Regents and recommended by the State Board of Community Colleges as college-preparatory academic courses; and

4.  Earns a score of 970 or above on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the American College Testing Program; or

(b)  Has completed a college-preparatory curriculum in 1997 through an approved home school program and has attained a score of 970 on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the American College Testing Program. Eligibility shall be determined in the same manner as for public school students. For students whose parents are unable to document a college-preparatory curriculum, a score of 1070 on the SAT, or equivalent score on the ACT, shall be required for award eligibility.

(4)  To enable this act to be implemented during 1997 and 1998, the Department of Education and eligible postsecondary education institutions may adjust time limits imposed by law and rule so as to allow students and their high schools maximum opportunity to prepare applications for initial and renewal awards for students made eligible for a scholarship under this act.

History.--s. 9, ch. 97-77.

¹Note.--Repealed by s. 11, ch. 97-77.