995105                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              10


Senator(s): Sullivan
moved the following amendment:

Section: 02              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 016             Places all need-based FSAG grants in the same
                         appropriation category and provides accompanying
Spec App:   72           proviso language to provide flexibility to student
                         financial aid offices in meeting the needs of both
                         full-time and part-time students.
                         
                         (Trust increase is double budget needed purely for
                         technical purposes.)

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -            3,828,086                     0            3,828,086 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Office Of Student Financial Assistance
        Program: Student Financial Aid Program - 
        State  48200200

        In Section 02  On Page 016
72      Special Categories  101777
        Transfer To State Student Financial                
        Assistance Trust Fund  IOEH

   1000   From General Revenue Fund               63,065,878     66,893,964
       CA 3,828,086  FSI1 3,828,086  

76      Financial Assistance Payments  110052
        Florida Student Assistance Grants For                
        Part-Time Students  IOEC

   1000   From General Revenue Fund                3,828,086              0
       CA -3,828,086  FSI1 -3,828,086  

immediately following specific appropriation 76, delete all proviso

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78      Financial Assistance Payments  110096
        Student Financial Aid  IOEC

   2240   From State Student Financial            90,273,104     94,101,190
          Assistance Trust Fund
       CA 3,828,086  FSI1 3,828,086  

following last line of second paragraph of proviso in specific 
appropriation 78, insert:

Student Assistance Grants for Part-time Students .  .  .  3,828,086

Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  78  shall  be expended in accordance
with  SB 1914 or similar legislation establishing a need-based financial
aid program for part-time students.  These funds are not contingent upon
the passage of SB 1914 or similar legislation.

Should the need for part-tme FSAG students exceed the amount provided, a
local financial aid office may supplement part-time funding with the new
funding provided for the Public Student Assistance Grant (Full-time) for
2002-03.  The Office of Student Financial Assistance will report amounts
so utilized to the Senate Appropriations Committee and House Fiscal
Responsibility Council as soon as the information is available for  FY
2002-03.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
























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