SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1924

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Grant moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 15, between lines 6 and 7,

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17         Section 16.  Effective July 1, 1999, paragraph (a) of

18  subsection (2) of section 240.4095, Florida Statutes, as

19  amended by section 47 of chapter 98-421, Laws of Florida, is

20  amended to read:

21         240.4095  Florida Private Student Assistance Grant

22  Program; eligibility for grants.--

23         (2)(a)  Florida private student assistance grants from

24  the State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund may be made

25  only to full-time degree-seeking students who meet the general

26  requirements for student eligibility as provided in s.

27  240.404, except as otherwise provided in this section.  Such

28  grants shall be awarded for the amount of demonstrated unmet

29  need for tuition and fees and may not exceed an amount equal

30  to the average matriculation and other registration fees for

31  30 credit hours at state universities plus $1,000 per academic

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1924

    Amendment No.    





 1  year, or as specified in the General Appropriations Act, to

 2  any applicant.  A demonstrated unmet need of less than $200

 3  shall render the applicant ineligible for a Florida private

 4  student assistance grant.  Recipients of such grants must have

 5  been accepted at a baccalaureate-degree-granting independent

 6  nonprofit college or university, which is accredited by the

 7  Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges

 8  and Schools and which is located in and chartered as a

 9  domestic corporation by the state.  No student shall receive

10  the Florida Private Student Assistance Grant beyond 110

11  percent of the number of credit hours required to complete the

12  program. Eligibility for the renewal of the Florida Student

13  Assistance Grant shall be evaluated at the end of the second

14  semester or third quarter of each academic year. As a

15  condition for renewal, a student shall meet the institution's

16  established standards of academic progress for financial aid

17  purposes. No student may receive an award for more than the

18  equivalent of 9 semesters or 14 quarters of full-time

19  enrollment, except as otherwise provided in s. 240.404(3).

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21  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26         On page 2, line 7, following the semicolon

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29         amending s. 240.4095, F.S.; revising

30         restrictions on the Florida Private Student

31         Assistance Grant Program;

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