House Bill hb0747c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              CS/HB 747

        By the Committee on Colleges & Universities and
    Representatives Atwater, Waters and McGriff





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to student financial

  3         assistance; amending s. 240.409, F.S., relating

  4         to the Florida Public Student Assistance Grant

  5         Program; authorizing grants to part-time

  6         degree-seeking students; revising provisions

  7         relating to the maximum amount of the grants;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

13  240.409, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         240.409  Florida Public Student Assistance Grant

15  Program; eligibility for grants.--

16         (2)(a)  State student assistance grants through the

17  program may be made only to full-time degree-seeking students

18  who enroll in at least 6 semester hours, or the equivalent per

19  term, and who meet the general requirements for student

20  eligibility as provided in s. 240.404, except as otherwise

21  provided in this section.  Such grants shall be awarded

22  annually for the amount of demonstrated unmet need for the

23  cost of education and may not exceed an amount equal to the

24  average prior academic year cost of matriculation fees and

25  other registration fees for 30 credit hours at state

26  universities or such other amount as specified in the General

27  Appropriations Act, to any recipient. A demonstrated unmet

28  need of less than $200 shall render the applicant ineligible

29  for a state student assistance grant. Recipients of such

30  grants must have been accepted at a state university or

31  community college authorized by Florida law.  A No student is

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  1  eligible for the award for 110 percent of the number of credit

  2  hours required to complete the program in which enrolled may

  3  receive an award for more than the equivalent of 9 semesters

  4  or 14 quarters of full-time enrollment, except as otherwise

  5  provided in s. 240.404(3).

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  7  law.

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