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SECTION 215
Student enrollment pilot program for the spring and summer terms.
F.S. 1009.215
1009.215 Student enrollment pilot program for the spring and summer terms.
(1) Subject to approval by the Board of Governors, the University of Florida may plan and implement a student enrollment pilot program for the spring and summer terms for the purpose of aligning on-campus student enrollment and the availability of instructional facilities.
(2) The pilot program shall provide for a student cohort that is limited to on-campus enrollment during the spring and summer terms. Students in this cohort are not eligible for on-campus enrollment during the fall term.
1(3) Students who are enrolled in the pilot program and who are eligible to receive Bright Futures Scholarships under ss. 1009.53-1009.536 shall be eligible to receive the scholarship award for attendance during the spring and summer terms. This student cohort shall also be eligible to receive Bright Futures Scholarships for the fall semester term to be used for off-campus or online coursework, if Bright Futures Scholarship funding is provided by the Legislature for three terms for that academic year for other eligible students.
(4) By January 31, 2013, the University of Florida shall report to the Board of Governors, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding the result of the pilot program.
History.s. 10, ch. 2011-63; s. 20, ch. 2012-134; ss. 12, 13, ch. 2018-10.
1Note.

A. Section 12, ch. 2018-10, amended subsection (3) “[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriations 4 and 66D of the 2018-2019 General Appropriations Act.”

B. Section 13, ch. 2018-10, provides that “[t]he text of s. 1009.215(3), Florida Statutes, expires July 1, 2019, and the text of that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2018, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.” Effective July 1, 2019, subsection (3), as amended by s. 13, ch. 2018-10, will read:

(3) Students who are enrolled in the pilot program and who are eligible to receive Bright Futures Scholarships under ss. 1009.53-1009.536 shall be eligible to receive the scholarship award for attendance during no more than 2 semesters or the equivalent in any fiscal year, including the summer term.