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11  Senator Sullivan moved the following substitute for amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 1, between lines 11 and 12,

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

19  240.605, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is

20  added to that section, to read:

21         240.605  The William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident

22  access grants.--

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

24  Resident Access Grant Program shall be based on a formula

25  composed of planned enrollment and the state cost of funding

26  undergraduate enrollment at public institutions pursuant to s.

27  240.271. However, The amount of the William L. Boyd, IV,

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

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

30  40 percent in 1998-1999 and thereafter of the full cost to the

31  state per academic year of an undergraduate student in public

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 1  postsecondary education established pursuant to s. 240.209 or

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

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

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

 5  department shall make such payments to the college or

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

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

 8  Institutions shall certify to the department the amount of

 9  funds disbursed to each student and shall remit to the

10  department any undisbursed advances or refunds within 60 days

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

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

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

14         (6)  Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the

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

16  shall be deposited in the State Student Financial Assistance

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

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

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

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

21  remain therein and shall be available for carrying out the

22  purposes of this section. If the number of eligible students

23  exceeds the total authorized in the General Appropriations

24  Act, an institution may use its own resources to assure that

25  each eligible student receives the full benefit of the grant

26  amount authorized.

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         An act relating to education; amending s.

 7         240.605, F.S.; providing for the carry-forward

 8         of certain funds; deleting an obsolete

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