| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship |
| 3 | Program; amending s. 1009.531, F.S.; including drug |
| 4 | testing as an eligibility requirement for an initial award |
| 5 | under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; |
| 6 | requiring rulemaking; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (1) of |
| 11 | section 1009.531, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 12 | 1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; |
| 13 | student eligibility requirements for initial awards.-- |
| 14 | (1) To be eligible for an initial award from any of the |
| 15 | three types of scholarships under the Florida Bright Futures |
| 16 | Scholarship Program, a student must: |
| 17 | (g) Pass a drug test, which shall be paid for by the |
| 18 | student or his or her parent. The State Board of Education shall |
| 19 | adopt rules that provide drug testing standards and procedures. |
| 20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |