Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 795, 2nd Eng.
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11  Senator Lawson moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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16  and insert:  
17         Section 1.  Section 1009.701, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
       1009.701  First Generation Matching Grant Program.--
20         (1)  The First Generation Matching Grant Program is
21  created to enable each state university to provide donors with
22  a matching grant incentive for contributions that will create
23  grant-based student financial aid for undergraduate students
24  who demonstrate financial need and whose parents, as defined
25  in s. 1009.21(1), have not earned a baccalaureate degree. In
26  the case of any individual who regularly resided with and
27  received support from only one parent, an individual whose
28  only such parent did not complete a baccalaureate degree would
29  also be eligible.
30         (2)  Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
31  program shall be allocated by the Office of Student Financial
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 795, 2nd Eng. Barcode 171456 1 Assistance to match private contributions on a 2 dollar-for-dollar basis. Contributions made to a state 3 university and pledged for the purposes of this section are 4 eligible for state matching funds appropriated for this 5 program and are not eligible for any other state matching 6 grant program. Pledged contributions are not eligible for 7 matching prior to the actual collection of the total funds. 8 The Office of Student Financial Assistance shall reserve a 9 proportionate allocation of the total appropriated funds for 10 each state university on the basis of full-time equivalent 11 enrollment. Funds that remain unmatched as of December 1 shall 12 be reallocated to state universities that have remaining 13 unmatched private contributions for the program on the basis 14 of full-time equivalent enrollment. 15 (3) Payment of the state matching grant shall be 16 transmitted to the president of each participating institution 17 or his or her representative in advance of the official 18 drop-add deadline as defined by the institution. 19 (4) Each participating state university shall 20 establish an application process, determine student 21 eligibility for initial and renewal awards in conformance with 22 subsection (5), identify the amount awarded to each recipient, 23 and notify recipients of the amount of their awards. 24 (5) In order to be eligible to receive a grant 25 pursuant to this section, an applicant must: 26 (a) Be a resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s. 27 1009.21. 28 (b) Be a first-generation college student. For the 29 purposes of this section, a student is considered "first 30 generation" if neither of the student's parents, as defined in 31 s. 1009.21(1), earned a college degree at the baccalaureate 2 12:07 PM 05/04/06 h079504e2d-seg1-t01
Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 795, 2nd Eng. Barcode 171456 1 level or higher or, in the case of any individual who 2 regularly resided with and received support from only one 3 parent, if that parent did not earn a baccalaureate degree. 4 (c) Be accepted at a state university. 5 (d) Be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours per 6 term as a degree-seeking undergraduate student. 7 (e) Have demonstrated financial need by completing the 8 Free Application for Federal Student Aid. 9 (f) Meet additional eligibility requirements as 10 established by the institution. 11 (6) The award amount shall be based on the student's 12 need assessment after any scholarship or grant aid, including, 13 but not limited to, a Pell Grant or a Bright Futures 14 Scholarship, has been applied. An award may not exceed the 15 institution's estimated annual cost of attendance for the 16 student to attend the institution. 17 (7) Each participating institution shall report to the 18 Office of Student Financial Assistance by the date established 19 by the office the eligible students to whom grant moneys are 20 disbursed each academic term. Each institution shall certify 21 to the Office of Student Financial Assistance the amount of 22 funds disbursed to each student and shall remit to the office 23 any undisbursed advances by June 1 of each year. 24 (8) No later than July 1, each participating 25 institution shall annually report to the Executive Office of 26 the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the 27 House of Representatives, and the Board of Governors, the 28 eligibility requirements for recipients, the aggregate 29 demographics of recipients, the retention and graduation rates 30 of recipients, and a delineation of funds awarded to 31 recipients. 3 12:07 PM 05/04/06 h079504e2d-seg1-t01
Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 795, 2nd Eng. Barcode 171456 1 (9) This section shall be implemented only as 2 specifically funded. 3 Section 2. For the 2006-2007 fiscal year, the 4 recurring sum of $6.5 million from the General Revenue Fund is 5 appropriated to the Department of Education for the First 6 Generation Matching Grant Program pursuant to this act. 7 Section 3. Section 1009.892, Florida Statutes, is 8 created to read: 9 1009.892 Cost of attendance; adult norm-referenced 10 testing.-- 11 (1) A public or private postsecondary institution 12 shall include in its cost of attendance adult norm-referenced 13 testing that it requires for eligible students to qualify for 14 accommodations for disabilities. 15 (2) To be eligible, a student must be a legal resident 16 of this state, as defined in s. 1009.21; must be enrolled in 17 at least 6 semester hours, or the equivalent, per term in a 18 degree, certificate, or diploma program; and must have 19 documented learning disabilities under the Individuals with 20 Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 or the 21 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 22 Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 1011.85, Florida 23 Statutes, is amended to read: 24 1011.85 Dr. Philip Benjamin Matching Grant Program for 25 Community Colleges.-- 26 (5) The matching ratio for donations that are 27 specifically designated to support scholarships, including 28 scholarships for first-generation-in-college students, student 29 loans, or need-based grants shall be $1 of state funds to $1 30 of local private funds. 31 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. 4 12:07 PM 05/04/06 h079504e2d-seg1-t01
Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 795, 2nd Eng. Barcode 171456 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 Delete everything before the enacting clause 4 5 and insert: 6 A bill to be entitled 7 An act relating to student financial 8 assistance; creating s. 1009.701, F.S.; 9 creating the First Generation Matching Grant 10 Program to provide financial aid to 11 undergraduate students of a state university 12 who have a financial need and whose parents 13 have not earned a baccalaureate degree; 14 providing for the appropriation, allocation, 15 and distribution of funds; providing student 16 eligibility requirements; providing duties of 17 institutions participating in the program; 18 providing an appropriation; creating s. 19 1009.892, F.S.; requiring postsecondary 20 institutions to include certain testing costs 21 in the costs of attendance; amending s. 22 1011.85, F.S.; specifying that the matching 23 ratio for donations for scholarships includes 24 scholarships for students who are the first 25 generation in college; providing an effective 26 date. 27 28 29 30 31 5 12:07 PM 05/04/06 h079504e2d-seg1-t01