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11  Senator Sullivan moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section

18  240.605, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is

19  added to that section, to read:

20         240.605  The William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident

21  access grants.--

22         (5)(a)  Funding for the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida

23  Resident Access Grant Program shall be based on a formula

24  composed of planned enrollment and the state cost of funding

25  undergraduate enrollment at public institutions pursuant to s.

26  240.271. However, The amount of the William L. Boyd, IV,

27  Florida resident access grant issued to a full-time student

28  shall be 30 percent in 1996-1997, 35 percent in 1997-1998, and

29  40 percent in 1998-1999 and thereafter of the full cost to the

30  state per academic year of an undergraduate student in public

31  postsecondary education established pursuant to s. 240.209 or

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 1  an amount as specified in the General Appropriations Act. The

 2  William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident access grant may be paid

 3  on a prorated basis in advance of the registration period. The

 4  department shall make such payments to the college or

 5  university in which the student is enrolled for credit to the

 6  student's account for payment of tuition and fees.

 7  Institutions shall certify to the department the amount of

 8  funds disbursed to each student and shall remit to the

 9  department any undisbursed advances or refunds within 60 days

10  of the end of regular registration. Students shall not be

11  eligible to receive the award for more than 9 semesters or 14

12  quarters, except as otherwise provided in s. 240.404(3).

13         (6)  Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the

14  William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program

15  shall be deposited in the State Student Financial Assistance

16  Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 216.301 and

17  pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the

18  end of any fiscal year which has been allocated to the William

19  L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program shall

20  remain therein and shall be available for carrying out the

21  purposes of this section.

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23  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

28         On page 1, lines 2 and 3, delete those lines

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30  and insert:

31         An act relating to education; amending s.

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 1         240.605, F.S.; providing for the carry-forward

 2         of certain funds; deleting an obsolete

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