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11 Senator Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 39. Subsection (4) of section 216.136, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 216.136 Consensus estimating conferences; duties and
20 principals.--
21 (4) EDUCATION ESTIMATING CONFERENCE.--
22 (a) Duties.--The Education Estimating Conference shall
23 develop such official information relating to the state public
24 educational system, including forecasts of student
25 enrollments, the number of students qualified for state
26 financial aid programs and the appropriation required to fund
27 the full award amounts for each program, fixed capital outlay
28 needs, and Florida Education Finance Program formula needs, as
29 the conference determines is needed for the state planning and
30 budgeting system. The conference's initial projections of
31 enrollments in public schools shall be forwarded by the
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1 conference to each school district no later than 2 months
2 prior to the start of the regular session of the Legislature.
3 Each school district may, in writing, request adjustments to
4 the initial projections. Any adjustment request shall be
5 submitted to the conference no later than 1 month prior to the
6 start of the regular session of the Legislature and shall be
7 considered by the principals of the conference. A school
8 district may amend its adjustment request, in writing, during
9 the first 3 weeks of the legislative session, and such amended
10 adjustment request shall be considered by the principals of
11 the conference. For any adjustment so requested, the district
12 shall indicate and explain, using definitions adopted by the
13 conference, the components of anticipated enrollment changes
14 that correspond to continuation of current programs with
15 workload changes; program improvement; program reduction or
16 elimination; initiation of new programs; and any other
17 information that may be needed by the Legislature. For public
18 schools, the conference shall submit its full-time equivalent
19 student consensus estimate to the Legislature no later than 1
20 month after the start of the regular session of the
21 Legislature. No conference estimate may be changed without the
22 agreement of the full conference.
23 (b) Adjustments.--No later than 2 months prior to the
24 start of the regular session of the Legislature, the
25 conference shall forward to each eligible postsecondary
26 education institution its initial projections of the number of
27 students qualified for state financial aid programs and the
28 appropriation required to fund those students at the full
29 award amount. Each postsecondary education institution may
30 request, in writing, adjustments to the initial projection.
31 Any adjustment request must be submitted to the conference no
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1 later than 1 month prior to the start of the regular session
2 of the Legislature and shall be considered by the principals
3 of the conference. For any adjustment so requested, the
4 postsecondary education institution shall indicate and
5 explain, using definitions adopted by the conference, the
6 components of anticipated changes that correspond to
7 continuation of current programs with enrollment changes,
8 program reduction or elimination, initiation of new programs,
9 award amount increases or decreases, and any other information
10 that is considered by the conference. The conference shall
11 submit its consensus estimate to the Legislature no later than
12 1 month after the start of the regular session of the
13 Legislature. No conference estimate may be changed without the
14 agreement of the full conference.
15 (c)(b) Principals.--The Associate Deputy Commissioner
16 for Educational Management, the Executive Office of the
17 Governor, the director of the Division of Economic and
18 Demographic Research of the Joint Legislative Management
19 Committee, and professional staff of the Senate and House of
20 Representatives who have forecasting expertise, or their
21 designees, are the principals of the Education Estimating
22 Conference. The Associate Deputy Commissioner for Educational
23 Management or his or her designee shall preside over sessions
24 of the conference.
25 Section 40. Effective July January 1, 1999, section
26 240.409, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
27 240.409 Florida Public Student Assistance Grant
28 Program; eligibility for grants.--
29 (1) There is hereby created a Florida Public Student
30 Assistance Grant Program. The program shall to be administered
31 by the participating institutions Department of Education in
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1 accordance with rules of the state board.
2 (2)(a) State student assistance grants through the
3 program may be made only to full-time degree-seeking students
4 who meet the general requirements for student eligibility as
5 provided in s. 240.404, except as otherwise provided in this
6 section. Such grants shall be awarded annually for the amount
7 of demonstrated unmet need for the cost of education and may
8 not exceed an amount equal to the average prior academic year
9 cost of tuition and matriculation fees and other registration
10 fees for 30 credit hours at state universities or such other
11 amount as specified in the General Appropriations Act, to any
12 recipient. A demonstrated unmet need of less than $200 shall
13 render the applicant ineligible for a state student assistance
14 grant. Recipients of such grants must have been accepted at a
15 state university or community college authorized by Florida
16 law. No student may receive an award for more than the
17 equivalent of 9 semesters or 14 quarters of full-time
18 enrollment in a period of not more than 6 consecutive years,
19 except as otherwise provided in s. 240.404(3).
20 (b) A student applying for a Florida public student
21 assistance grant shall be required to apply for the Pell
22 Grant. The Pell Grant entitlement shall be considered by the
23 department when conducting an assessment of the financial
24 resources available to each student.
25 (c) The criteria and procedure for establishing
26 standards of eligibility shall be determined by the
27 department. The department is directed to establish a rating
28 system upon which to base the approval of grants, and such
29 system shall include a certification of acceptability by the
30 state university or community college of the applicant's
31 choice and the use of a nationally recognized system of need
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1 analysis. Priority in the distribution of grant moneys shall
2 be given to students with the lowest total family resources,
3 in accordance with a nationally recognized system of need
4 analysis as determined pursuant to this subsection, taking
5 into consideration the receipt of Pell Grants and student
6 contributions to educational costs. Using the system of need
7 analysis, the department shall establish a maximum expected
8 family contribution. An institution may not make a grant from
9 this program to a student whose expected family contribution
10 exceeds the level established by the department.
11 (d) Each participating institution shall report, to
12 the department by the established date, the eligible students
13 to whom grant moneys are disbursed each academic term. Each
14 institution shall also report to the department necessary
15 demographic and eligibility data for such students. The
16 department is directed to establish, for fall enrollment, an
17 initial application deadline for students attending all
18 eligible institutions and an additional application deadline
19 for community college applicants who apply after the initial
20 application deadline. The second community college deadline
21 shall be at the close of each institution's drop-add period.
22 The department shall reserve an amount to be designated
23 annually in the General Appropriations Act for the purpose of
24 providing awards to community college students who apply for a
25 student assistance grant after the initial application
26 deadline. Community college applicants who apply during the
27 initial application period and are eligible to receive an
28 award, but do not receive an award because of insufficient
29 funds, shall have their applications reconsidered with those
30 community college applicants who apply after the initial
31 application deadline. The provisions of this paragraph shall
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1 take effect beginning with the 1990-1991 academic year.
2 (3) Based on the unmet financial need of an eligible
3 applicant, the full amount of a Florida public student
4 assistance grant must be between $200 and the weighted average
5 of the cost of matriculation and other registration fees for
6 30 credit hours at state universities $1,500 per academic year
7 or the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act.
8 When funds are not sufficient to make full awards to all
9 eligible applicants, the department shall reduce the amount of
10 each recipient's grant award pro rata. For any year in which
11 a pro rata grant reduction is necessary, such adjustment shall
12 be made by reducing the second semester or the second and
13 third quarter award disbursements to grant recipients. In
14 each such instance, institutions shall notify students of
15 award adjustments.
16 (4) In the event that a Florida public student
17 assistance grant recipient transfers from one institution
18 eligible under this section, s. 240.4095, or s. 240.4097 to
19 another, his or her eligibility shall be transferable upon
20 approval of the department. When approved by the department,
21 the amount of the unmet need shall be recalculated for the new
22 institution and shall be adjusted accordingly.
23 (4)(5)(a) The funds appropriated for the Florida
24 Public Student Assistance Grant shall be distributed to
25 eligible institutions in accordance with a formula recommended
26 by the Department of Education's Florida Council of Student
27 Financial Aid Advisors and reviewed by the Postsecondary
28 Education Planning Commission, the State Board of Community
29 Colleges, and the Board of Regents. The formula shall consider
30 at least the prior year's distribution of funds, the number of
31 full-time and part-time eligible applicants who did not
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1 receive awards, the standardization of the expected family
2 contribution, and provisions for unused funds.
3 (b) Payment of Florida public student assistance
4 grants shall may be transmitted to the president of the state
5 university or community college which the recipient is
6 attending, or to his or her representative, in advance of the
7 registration period. Institutions shall notify students of the
8 amount of their awards.
9 (c)(b) Institutions shall certify to the department,
10 within 30 days of the end of regular registration, the
11 eligibility status of each awarded student. The eligibility
12 status of each student to receive a disbursement shall be
13 determined by each institution as of the end of its regular
14 registration period, inclusive of a drop-add period.
15 Institutions shall not be required to reevaluate a student's
16 eligibility status after this date for purposes of changing
17 amending eligibility determinations previously made. However,
18 an institution shall be required to make refunds for students
19 who receive award disbursements and terminate enrollment for
20 any reason during the academic term when an institution's
21 refund policies permit a student to receive a refund under
22 these circumstances.
23 (d)(c) Institutions shall certify to the department
24 the amount of funds disbursed to each student and shall remit
25 to the department any undisbursed advances by June 1 of each
26 year within 60 days of the end of regular registration.
27 (5)(6) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for state
28 student assistance grants shall be deposited in the State
29 Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the
30 provisions of s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any
31 balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year that
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1 has been allocated to the Florida Public Student Assistance
2 Grant Program shall remain therein and shall be available for
3 carrying out the purposes of this section.
4 (6)(7) The State Board of Education shall establish
5 rules necessary to implement this section.
6 Section 41. Effective July 1, 1999, section 240.4095,
7 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8 240.4095 Florida Private Student Assistance Grant
9 Program; eligibility for grants.--
10 (1) There is hereby created a Florida Private Student
11 Assistance Grant Program. The program shall to be administered
12 by the participating institutions Department of Education in
13 accordance with rules of the state board.
14 (2)(a) Florida private student assistance grants from
15 the State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund may be made
16 only to full-time degree-seeking students who meet the general
17 requirements for student eligibility as provided in s.
18 240.404, except as otherwise provided in this section. Such
19 grants shall be awarded for the amount of demonstrated unmet
20 need for tuition and fees and may not exceed an amount equal
21 to the average matriculation and other registration fees for
22 30 credit hours at state universities plus $1,000 a total of
23 $1,500 per academic year, or as specified in the General
24 Appropriations Act, to any applicant. A demonstrated unmet
25 need of less than $200 shall render the applicant ineligible
26 for a Florida private student assistance grant. Recipients of
27 such grants must have been accepted at a
28 baccalaureate-degree-granting independent nonprofit college or
29 university, which is accredited by the Commission on Colleges
30 of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and which
31 has a secular purpose, and which is located in and chartered
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1 as a domestic corporation by the state. No student may
2 receive an award for more than the equivalent of 9 semesters
3 or 14 quarters of full-time enrollment in a period of not more
4 than 6 consecutive years, except as otherwise provided in s.
5 240.404(3).
6 (b) A student applying for a Florida private student
7 assistance grant shall be required to apply for the Pell
8 Grant. The Pell Grant entitlement shall be considered by the
9 department when conducting an assessment of the financial
10 resources available to each student.
11 (c) The criteria and procedure for establishing
12 standards of eligibility shall be determined by the
13 department. The department is directed to establish a rating
14 system upon which to base the approval of grants, including
15 the use of a nationally recognized system of need analysis.
16 The system shall include a certification of acceptability by
17 the independent nonprofit college or university of the
18 applicant's choice. Priority in the distribution of grant
19 moneys shall be given to students with the lowest total family
20 resources, in accordance with a nationally recognized system
21 of need analysis as determined pursuant to this subsection,
22 taking into consideration the receipt of Pell Grants and
23 student contributions to educational costs. Using the system
24 of need analysis, the department shall establish a maximum
25 expected family contribution. An institution may not make a
26 grant from this program to a student whose expected family
27 contribution exceeds the level established by the department.
28 (d) Each participating institution shall report, to
29 the department by the established date, the eligible students
30 to whom grant moneys are disbursed each academic term. Each
31 institution shall also report to the department necessary
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1 demographic and eligibility data for such students.
2 (3) Based on the unmet financial need of an eligible
3 applicant, the full amount of a Florida private student
4 assistance grant must be between $200 and the average cost of
5 matriculation and other registration fees for 30 credit hours
6 at state universities plus $1,000 $1,500 per academic year or
7 the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act. When
8 funds are not sufficient to make full awards to all eligible
9 applicants, the department shall reduce the amount of each
10 recipient's grant award pro rata. For any year in which a pro
11 rata grant reduction is necessary, such adjustment shall be
12 made by reducing the second semester or the second and third
13 quarter award disbursements to grant recipients. In each such
14 instance, institutions shall notify students of award
15 adjustments.
16 (4) In the event that a Florida private student
17 assistance grant recipient transfers from one institution
18 eligible under this section, s. 240.409, or s. 240.4097 to
19 another, his or her eligibility shall be transferable upon
20 approval of the department. When approved by the department,
21 the amount of the unmet need shall be recalculated for the new
22 institution and shall be adjusted accordingly.
23 (4)(5)(a) The funds appropriated for the Florida
24 Private Student Assistance Grant shall be distributed to
25 eligible institutions in accordance with a formula recommended
26 by the Department of Education's Florida Council of Student
27 Financial Aid Advisors and reviewed by the Postsecondary
28 Education Planning Commission and the Independent Colleges and
29 Universities of Florida. The formula shall consider at least
30 the prior year's distribution of funds, the number of
31 full-time and part-time eligible applicants who did not
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1 receive awards, the standardization of the expected family
2 contribution, and provisions for unused funds.
3 (b) Payment of Florida private student assistance
4 grants shall may be transmitted to the president of the
5 college or university which the recipient is attending, or to
6 his or her representative, in advance of the registration
7 period. Institutions shall notify students of the amount of
8 their awards.
9 (c)(b) Institutions shall certify to the department,
10 within 30 days of the end of regular registration, the
11 eligibility status of each awarded student. The eligibility
12 status of each student to receive a disbursement shall be
13 determined by each institution as of the end of its regular
14 registration period, inclusive of a drop-add period.
15 Institutions shall not be required to reevaluate a student's
16 eligibility status after this date for purposes of changing
17 amending eligibility determinations previously made. However,
18 an institution shall be required to make refunds for students
19 who receive award disbursements and terminate enrollment for
20 any reason during the academic term when an institution's
21 refund policies permit a student to receive a refund under
22 these circumstances.
23 (d)(c) Institutions shall certify to the department
24 the amount of funds disbursed to each student and shall remit
25 to the department any undisbursed advances by June 1 of each
26 year within 60 days of the end of regular registration.
27 (e)(d) Each institution that receives moneys through
28 the Florida Private Student Assistance Grant Program shall
29 cause to be prepared a biennial report that includes an
30 independent external audit of the institution's administration
31 of the program and a complete accounting of moneys in the
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1 State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund allocated to the
2 institution for the program. Such report shall be submitted to
3 the department on or before March 1 every other year. The
4 department may conduct its own annual or biennial audit of an
5 institution's administration of the program and its allocated
6 funds in lieu of the required biennial report and independent
7 external audit. The department may suspend or revoke an
8 institution's eligibility to receive future moneys from the
9 trust fund for the program or request a refund of any moneys
10 overpaid to the institution through the trust fund for the
11 program if the department finds that an institution has not
12 complied with the provisions of this section. Any refund
13 requested pursuant to this paragraph shall be remitted within
14 60 days.
15 (5)(6) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for
16 Florida private student assistance grants shall be deposited
17 in the State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund.
18 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and pursuant to
19 s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any
20 fiscal year that has been allocated to the Florida Private
21 Student Assistance Grant Program shall remain therein and
22 shall be available for carrying out the purposes of this
23 section and as otherwise provided by law.
24 (6)(7) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
25 necessary to implement this section.
26 Section 42. Effective July 1, 1999, section 240.4097,
27 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
28 240.4097 Florida Postsecondary Student Assistance
29 Grant Program; eligibility for grants.--
30 (1) There is hereby created a Florida Postsecondary
31 Student Assistance Grant Program. The program shall to be
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1 administered by the participating institutions Department of
2 Education in accordance with rules of the state board.
3 (2)(a) Florida postsecondary student assistance grants
4 through the State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund may
5 be made only to full-time degree-seeking students who meet the
6 general requirements for student eligibility as provided in s.
7 240.404, except as otherwise provided in this section. Such
8 grants shall be awarded for the amount of demonstrated unmet
9 need for tuition and fees and may not exceed an amount equal
10 to the average prior-academic-year cost of matriculation and
11 other registration fees for 30 credit hours at state
12 universities plus $1,000 a total of $1,500 per academic year,
13 or as specified in the General Appropriations Act, to any
14 applicant. A demonstrated unmet need of less than $200 shall
15 render the applicant ineligible for a Florida postsecondary
16 student assistance grant. Recipients of such grants must have
17 been accepted at a postsecondary institution that is located
18 in and chartered as a domestic corporation by the state and
19 that is:
20 1. A private nursing diploma school approved by the
21 Florida Board of Nursing; or
22 2. An institution either licensed by the State Board
23 of Independent Colleges and Universities or exempt from
24 licensure pursuant to s. 246.085(1)(a), excluding those
25 institutions the students of which are eligible to receive a
26 Florida private student assistance grant pursuant to s.
27 240.4095.
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29 No student may receive an award for more than the equivalent
30 of 9 semesters or 14 quarters of full-time enrollment in a
31 period of not more than 6 consecutive years, except as
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1 otherwise provided in s. 240.404(3).
2 (b) A student applying for a Florida postsecondary
3 student assistance grant shall be required to apply for the
4 Pell Grant. The Pell Grant entitlement shall be considered by
5 the department when conducting an assessment of the financial
6 resources available to each student.
7 (c) The criteria and procedure for establishing
8 standards of eligibility shall be determined by the
9 department. The department is directed to establish a rating
10 system upon which to base the approval of grants, including
11 the use of a nationally recognized system of need analysis.
12 The system shall include a certification of acceptability by
13 the school of the applicant's choice. Priority in the
14 distribution of grant moneys shall be given to students with
15 the lowest total family resources, in accordance with a
16 nationally recognized system of need analysis as determined
17 pursuant to this subsection, taking into consideration the
18 receipt of Pell Grants and student contributions to
19 educational costs. Using the system of need analysis, the
20 department shall establish a maximum expected family
21 contribution. An institution may not make a grant from this
22 program to a student whose expected family contribution
23 exceeds the level established by the department.
24 (d) Each participating institution shall report, to
25 the department by the established date, the eligible students
26 to whom grant moneys are disbursed each academic term. Each
27 institution shall also report to the department necessary
28 demographic and eligibility data for such students.
29 (3) Based on the unmet financial need of an eligible
30 applicant, the full amount of a Florida postsecondary student
31 assistance grant must be between $200 and the average cost of
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1 matriculation and other registration fees for 30 credit hours
2 at state universities plus $1,000 $1,500 per academic year or
3 the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act. When
4 funds are not sufficient to make full awards to all eligible
5 applicants, the department shall reduce the amount of each
6 recipient's grant award pro rata. For any year in which a pro
7 rata grant reduction is necessary, such adjustment shall be
8 made by reducing the second semester or the second and third
9 quarter award disbursements to grant recipients. In each such
10 instance, institutions shall notify students of award
11 adjustments.
12 (4) In the event that a student assistance grant
13 recipient transfers from one institution eligible under this
14 section, s. 240.409, or s. 240.4095 to another, his or her
15 eligibility shall be transferable upon approval of the
16 department. When approved by the department, the amount of
17 the unmet need shall be recalculated for the new institution
18 and shall be adjusted accordingly.
19 (4)(5)(a) The funds appropriated for the Florida
20 Postsecondary Student Assistance Grant shall be distributed to
21 eligible institutions in accordance with a formula recommended
22 by the Department of Education's Florida Council of Student
23 Financial Aid Advisors and reviewed by the Postsecondary
24 Education Planning Commission and the Florida Association of
25 Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The formula shall consider
26 at least the prior year's distribution of funds, the number of
27 full-time and part-time eligible applicants who did not
28 receive awards, the standardization of the expected family
29 contribution, and provisions for unused funds.
30 (b) Payment of Florida postsecondary student
31 assistance grants shall may be transmitted to the president of
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1 the eligible institution which the recipient is attending, or
2 to his or her representative, in advance of the registration
3 period. Institutions shall notify students of the amount of
4 their awards.
5 (c)(b) Institutions shall certify to the department,
6 within 30 days of the end of regular registration, the
7 eligibility status of each awarded student. The eligibility
8 status of each student to receive a disbursement shall be
9 determined by each institution as of the end of its regular
10 registration period, inclusive of a drop-add period.
11 Institutions shall not be required to reevaluate a student's
12 eligibility status after this date for purposes of changing
13 amending eligibility determinations previously made. However,
14 an institution shall be required to make refunds for students
15 who receive award disbursements and terminate enrollment for
16 any reason during the academic term when an institution's
17 refund policies permit a student to receive a refund under
18 these circumstances.
19 (d)(c) Institutions shall certify to the department
20 the amount of funds disbursed to each student and shall remit
21 to the department any undisbursed advances by June 1 of each
22 year within 60 days of the end of regular registration.
23 (e)(d) Each institution that receives moneys through
24 the Florida Postsecondary Student Assistance Grant Program
25 shall cause to be prepared a biennial report that includes an
26 independent external audit of the institution's administration
27 of the program and a complete accounting of moneys in the
28 State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund allocated to the
29 institution for the program. Such report shall be submitted
30 to the department on or before March 1 every other year. The
31 department may conduct its own annual or biennial audit of an
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1 institution's administration of the program and its allocated
2 funds in lieu of the required biennial report and independent
3 external audit. The department may suspend or revoke an
4 institution's eligibility to receive future moneys from the
5 trust fund for the program or request a refund of any moneys
6 overpaid to the institution through the trust fund for the
7 program if the department finds that an institution has not
8 complied with the provisions of this section. Any refund
9 requested pursuant to this paragraph shall be remitted within
10 60 days.
11 (5)(6) Any institution that was eligible to receive
12 state student assistance grants on January 1, 1989, and that
13 is not eligible to receive grants pursuant to s. 240.4095 is
14 eligible to receive grants pursuant to this section.
15 (6)(7) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for
16 Florida postsecondary student assistance grants shall be
17 deposited in the State Student Financial Assistance Trust
18 Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and
19 pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the
20 end of any fiscal year that has been allocated to the Florida
21 Postsecondary Student Assistance Grant Program shall remain
22 therein and shall be available for carrying out the purposes
23 of this section and as otherwise provided by law.
24 (7)(8) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
25 necessary to implement this section.
26 Section 43. Except as otherwise provided in this act,
27 this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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31 And the title is amended as follows:
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4 amending s. 216.136, F.S.; providing duties of
5 the Education Estimating Conference; amending
6 s. 240.409, F.S.; authorizing eligibility
7 determination and grant distribution for the
8 Florida Public Student Assistance Grant Program
9 to be conducted by the receiving institution;
10 specifying a dollar value range for grant
11 awards; amending s. 240.4095, F.S.; authorizing
12 eligibility determination and grant
13 distribution for the Florida Private Student
14 Assistance Grant Program to be conducted by the
15 receiving institution; specifying a dollar
16 value range for grant awards; amending s.
17 240.4097, F.S.; authorizing eligibility
18 determination and grant distribution for the
19 Florida Postsecondary Student Assistance Grant
20 Program to be conducted by the receiving
21 institution; specifying a dollar value range
22 for grant awards;
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