HB 0019 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to educational grants; amending s.
3	1009.89, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for
4	participation in the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident
5	Access Grant Program by independent nonprofit colleges and
6	universities; amending s. 1009.891, F.S.; revising
7	eligibility requirements for participation in the Access
8	to Better Learning and Education Grant Program by for-
9	profit and nonprofit colleges and universities; reenacting
10	ss. 282.105(4), 1009.57(2)(a), and 1009.765, F.S., to
11	incorporate the amendment to s. 1009.89, F.S., in
12	references; providing an effective date.
13
14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16	Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1009.89, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	1009.89 The William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident access
19	grants.--
20	(3) The department shall issue through the program a
21	William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident access grant to any full-
22	time degree-seeking undergraduate student registered at an
23	independent nonprofit college or university which is located in
24	and chartered by the state; which is accredited by the
25	Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
26	and Schools; which grants baccalaureate degrees; andwhich is
27	not a state university or state community college; and which has
28	a secular purpose, so long as the receipt of state aid by
29	students at the institution would not have the primary effect of
30	advancing or impeding religion or result in an excessive
31	entanglement between the state and any religious sect. Any
32	independent college or university that was eligible to receive
33	tuition vouchers on January 1, 1989, and which continues to meet
34	the criteria under which its eligibility was established, shall
35	remain eligible to receive William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident
36	access grant payments.
37	Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1009.891, Florida
38	Statutes, is amended to read:
39	1009.891 The Access to Better Learning and Education Grant
40	Program.--
41	(3) The department shall issue an access grant to any
42	full-time student seeking a baccalaureate degree who is
43	registered at a for-profit college or university that is located
44	in and chartered by the state and that is accredited by the
45	Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
46	and Schools or who is registered at a nonprofit college or
47	university that is chartered out of the state, that has been
48	located in the state for 10 years or more, and that is
49	accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
50	Association of Colleges and Schools, the Middle States
51	Association of Colleges and Schools, the North Central
52	Association of Colleges and Schools, or the New England
53	Association of Colleges and Schools; that grants baccalaureate
54	degrees; andthat is not a state university or state community
55	college; and that has a secular purpose, if the receipt of state
56	aid by students at the institution would not have the primary
57	effect of advancing or impeding religion or result in an
58	excessive entanglement between the state and any religious sect.
59	Institutions eligible for the Access to Better Learning and
60	Education Grant Program in the initial year of funding shall
61	include only those for-profit colleges or universities
62	identified in this subsection. Nonprofit colleges or
63	universities identified in this subsection shall be eligible for
64	financial support in the second year of funding.
65	Section 3. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
66	to section 1009.89, Florida Statutes, in references thereto, the
67	sections or subdivisions of Florida Statutes set forth below are
68	reenacted to read:
69	282.105 Use of state SUNCOM Network by nonprofit
70	corporations.--
71	(4) Institutions qualified to participate in the William
72	L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program pursuant to
73	s. 1009.89 shall be eligible to use the state SUNCOM Network,
74	subject to the terms and conditions of the office. Such entities
75	shall not be required to satisfy the other criteria of this
76	section.
77	1009.57 Florida Teacher Scholarship and Forgivable Loan
78	Program.--
79	(2) Within the Florida Teacher Scholarship and Forgivable
80	Loan Program shall be established the "Chappie" James Most
81	Promising Teacher Scholarship which shall be offered to a top
82	graduating senior from each public secondary school in the
83	state. An additional number of "Chappie" James Most Promising
84	Teacher Scholarship awards shall be offered annually to
85	graduating seniors from private secondary schools in the state
86	which are listed with the Department of Education and accredited
87	by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or any other
88	private statewide accrediting agency which makes public its
89	standards, procedures, and member schools. The private secondary
90	schools shall be in compliance with regulations of the Office
91	for Civil Rights. The number of awards to private secondary
92	school students shall be proportional to the number of awards
93	available to public secondary school students and shall be
94	calculated as the ratio of the number of private to public
95	secondary school seniors in the state multiplied by the number
96	of public secondary schools in the state.
97	(a) The scholarship may be used for attendance at a state
98	university, a community college, or an independent institution
99	as defined in s. 1009.89.
100	1009.765 Ethics in Business scholarships for community
101	colleges and independent postsecondary educational
102	institutions.--When the Department of Insurance or the Office of
103	Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission
104	receives a $6 million settlement as specified in the Consent
105	Order of the Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner, case number
106	18900-96-c, that portion of the $6 million not used to satisfy
107	the requirements of section 18 of the Consent Order must be
108	transferred from the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund to the
109	State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund is appropriated
110	from the State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund to
111	provide Ethics in Business scholarships to students enrolled in
112	public community colleges and independent postsecondary
113	educational institutions eligible to participate in the William
114	L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program under s.
115	1009.89. The funds shall be allocated to institutions for
116	scholarships in the following ratio: Two-thirds for community
117	colleges and one-third for eligible independent institutions.
118	The Department of Education shall administer the scholarship
119	program for students attending community colleges and
120	independent institutions. These funds must be allocated to
121	institutions that provide an equal amount of matching funds
122	generated by private donors for the purpose of providing Ethics
123	in Business scholarships. Public funds may not be used to
124	provide the match, nor may funds collected for other purposes.
125	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Board of
126	Administration shall have the authority to invest the funds
127	appropriated under this section. The Department of Education may
128	adopt rules for administration of the program.
129	Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.