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11  Senator Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title 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.

28

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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 3  insert:

 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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