| 1 | Representative(s) Kiar offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Senate Amendment (452474) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | On page 1, line 17, through page 10, line 21, remove all of |
| 6 | said lines and insert: |
| 7 | Section 1. Section 1009.701, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 8 | to read: |
| 9 | 1009.701 First Generation Matching Grant Program for state |
| 10 | universities.-- |
| 11 | (1) The First Generation Matching Grant Program for state |
| 12 | universities is created to enable each state university to |
| 13 | provide donors with a matching grant incentive for contributions |
| 14 | that will create grant-based student financial aid for |
| 15 | undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need and whose |
| 16 | parents, as defined in s. 1009.21(1), have not earned a |
| 17 | baccalaureate or higher degree. In the case of any individual |
| 18 | who regularly resided with and received support from only one |
| 19 | parent, an individual whose only such parent did not complete a |
| 20 | baccalaureate or higher degree would also be eligible. |
| 21 | (2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the program |
| 22 | shall be allocated by the Office of Student Financial Assistance |
| 23 | to match private contributions on a dollar-for-dollar basis. |
| 24 | Contributions made to a state university and pledged for the |
| 25 | purposes of this section are eligible for state matching funds |
| 26 | appropriated for this program and are not eligible for any other |
| 27 | state matching grant program. Pledged contributions are not |
| 28 | eligible for matching prior to the actual collection of the |
| 29 | total funds. The Office of Student Financial Assistance shall |
| 30 | reserve a proportionate allocation of the total appropriated |
| 31 | funds for each state university on the basis of full-time |
| 32 | equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment. For the 2007-2008 |
| 33 | fiscal year, funds that remain unmatched as of December 1 shall |
| 34 | be reallocated to state universities that have remaining |
| 35 | unmatched private contributions for the program on the basis of |
| 36 | full-time equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment. |
| 37 | Beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year, funds that remain |
| 38 | unmatched as of August 1 shall be reallocated to state |
| 39 | universities that have remaining unmatched private contributions |
| 40 | for the program on the basis of full-time equivalent resident |
| 41 | undergraduate enrollment. |
| 42 | (3) Payment of the state matching grant shall be |
| 43 | transmitted to the president of each participating institution |
| 44 | or his or her representative in advance of the official drop-add |
| 45 | deadline as defined by the institution. |
| 46 | (4) Each participating state university shall establish an |
| 47 | application process, determine student eligibility for initial |
| 48 | and renewal awards in conformance with subsection (5), identify |
| 49 | the amount awarded to each recipient, and notify recipients of |
| 50 | the amount of their awards. A university may award grants for |
| 51 | summer-term enrollment if funds are available. Grants for |
| 52 | summer-term enrollment may be used only at the institution |
| 53 | awarding the grant. For the purpose of this subsection, "summer- |
| 54 | term enrollment" means enrollment in the term at the end of the |
| 55 | academic year which is the period of time from one fall term to |
| 56 | the next in which a full-time student is expected to complete |
| 57 | the equivalent of two semesters, two trimesters, or three |
| 58 | quarters. |
| 59 | (5) In order to be eligible to receive a grant pursuant to |
| 60 | this section, an applicant must: |
| 61 | (a) Be a resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s. |
| 62 | 1009.21. |
| 63 | (b) Be a first-generation college student. For the |
| 64 | purposes of this section, a student is considered "first |
| 65 | generation" if neither of the student's parents, as defined in |
| 66 | s. 1009.21(1), earned a college degree at the baccalaureate |
| 67 | level or higher or, in the case of any individual who regularly |
| 68 | resided with and received support from only one parent, if that |
| 69 | parent did not earn a baccalaureate or higher degree. |
| 70 | (c) Be accepted at a state university. |
| 71 | (d) Be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours per term |
| 72 | as a degree-seeking undergraduate student. |
| 73 | (e) Have demonstrated financial need by completing the |
| 74 | Free Application for Federal Student Aid. |
| 75 | (f) Meet additional eligibility requirements as |
| 76 | established by the institution. |
| 77 | (6) The award amount shall be based on the student's need |
| 78 | assessment after any scholarship or grant aid, including, but |
| 79 | not limited to, a Pell Grant or a Bright Futures Scholarship, |
| 80 | has been applied. An award may not exceed the institution's |
| 81 | estimated annual cost of attendance for the student to attend |
| 82 | the institution. |
| 83 | (7) The eligibility status of each student to receive a |
| 84 | disbursement shall be determined by each institution as of the |
| 85 | end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a drop-add |
| 86 | period. An institution shall not be required to reevaluate a |
| 87 | student's eligibility status after this date for purposes of |
| 88 | changing eligibility determinations previously made. |
| 89 | Participating institutions shall verify the continued |
| 90 | eligibility of awarded students, provide for the disbursement of |
| 91 | funds to students, and comply with the department's reporting |
| 92 | requirements. Institutions shall certify to the department, each |
| 93 | academic term within 30 days after the end of the regular |
| 94 | registration period, the student's enrollment, continued |
| 95 | eligibility, and the award amount. Any balance at the end of a |
| 96 | fiscal year that has been disbursed to an institution for this |
| 97 | program shall remain at the institution and shall be available |
| 98 | only to provide grants for returning and new awardees. Each |
| 99 | participating institution shall report to the Office of Student |
| 100 | Financial Assistance by the date established by the office the |
| 101 | eligible students to whom grant moneys are disbursed each |
| 102 | academic term. Each institution shall certify to the Office of |
| 103 | Student Financial Assistance the amount of funds disbursed to |
| 104 | each student and shall remit to the office any undisbursed |
| 105 | advances by June 1 of each year. |
| 106 | (8) No later than November 15 July 1, each participating |
| 107 | institution shall annually report to the Executive Office of the |
| 108 | Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House |
| 109 | of Representatives, and the Board of Governors the eligibility |
| 110 | requirements for recipients, the aggregate demographics of |
| 111 | recipients, the retention and graduation rates of recipients, |
| 112 | and a delineation of funds awarded to recipients in the prior |
| 113 | academic year. |
| 114 | (9) This section shall be implemented only as specifically |
| 115 | funded. |
| 116 | Section 2. Section 1009.702, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 117 | to read: |
| 118 | 1009.702 First Generation Matching Grant Program for |
| 119 | community colleges.-- |
| 120 | (1) The First Generation Matching Grant Program for |
| 121 | community colleges is created to enable each community college, |
| 122 | as defined in s. 1000.21, to provide donors with a matching |
| 123 | grant incentive for contributions that will create grant-based |
| 124 | student financial aid for undergraduate students who demonstrate |
| 125 | financial need and whose parents, as defined in s. 1009.21(1), |
| 126 | have not earned a baccalaureate or higher degree. In the case of |
| 127 | any individual who regularly resided with and received support |
| 128 | from only one parent, an individual whose only such parent did |
| 129 | not complete a baccalaureate or higher degree would also be |
| 130 | eligible. |
| 131 | (2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the program |
| 132 | shall be allocated by the Office of Student Financial Assistance |
| 133 | to match private contributions on a dollar-for-dollar basis. |
| 134 | Contributions made to a community college and pledged for the |
| 135 | purposes of this section are eligible for state matching funds |
| 136 | appropriated for this program and are not eligible for any other |
| 137 | state matching grant program. Pledged contributions are not |
| 138 | eligible for matching prior to the actual collection of the |
| 139 | total funds. The Office of Student Financial Assistance shall |
| 140 | reserve a proportionate allocation of the total appropriated |
| 141 | funds for each community college on the basis of full-time |
| 142 | equivalent resident enrollment in advanced and professional |
| 143 | programs. For the 2007-2008 fiscal year, funds that remain |
| 144 | unmatched as of December 1 shall be reallocated to community |
| 145 | colleges that have remaining unmatched private contributions for |
| 146 | the program on the basis of full-time equivalent resident |
| 147 | enrollment in advanced and professional programs. Beginning with |
| 148 | the 2008-2009 fiscal year, funds that remain unmatched as of |
| 149 | August 1 shall be reallocated to community colleges that have |
| 150 | remaining unmatched private contributions for the program on the |
| 151 | basis of full-time equivalent resident enrollment in advanced |
| 152 | and professional programs. |
| 153 | (3) Payment of the state matching grant shall be |
| 154 | transmitted to the president of each participating institution |
| 155 | or his or her representative in advance of the official drop-add |
| 156 | deadline as defined by the institution. |
| 157 | (4) Each participating community college shall establish |
| 158 | an application process, determine student eligibility for |
| 159 | initial and renewal awards in conformance with subsection (5), |
| 160 | identify the amount awarded to each recipient, and notify |
| 161 | recipients of the amount of their awards. A community college |
| 162 | may award grants for summer-term enrollment if funds are |
| 163 | available. Grants for summer-term enrollment may be used only at |
| 164 | the institution awarding the grant. For the purpose of this |
| 165 | subsection, "summer-term enrollment" means enrollment in the |
| 166 | term at the end of the academic year which is the period of time |
| 167 | from one fall term to the next in which a full-time student is |
| 168 | expected to complete the equivalent of two semesters, two |
| 169 | trimesters, or three quarters. |
| 170 | (5) In order to be eligible to receive a grant pursuant to |
| 171 | this section, an applicant must: |
| 172 | (a) Be a resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s. |
| 173 | 1009.21. |
| 174 | (b) Be a first-generation college student. For the |
| 175 | purposes of this section, a student is considered "first |
| 176 | generation" if neither of the student's parents, as defined in |
| 177 | s. 1009.21(1), earned a college degree at the baccalaureate |
| 178 | level or higher or, in the case of any individual who regularly |
| 179 | resided with and received support from only one parent, if that |
| 180 | parent did not earn a baccalaureate or higher degree. |
| 181 | (c) Be accepted at a community college as defined in s. |
| 182 | 1000.21. |
| 183 | (d) Be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours per term |
| 184 | as a degree-seeking undergraduate student. |
| 185 | (e) Have demonstrated financial need by completing the |
| 186 | Free Application for Federal Student Aid. |
| 187 | (f) Meet additional eligibility requirements as |
| 188 | established by the institution. |
| 189 | (6) The award amount shall be based on the student's need |
| 190 | assessment after any scholarship or grant aid, including, but |
| 191 | not limited to, a Pell Grant or a Florida Bright Futures |
| 192 | Scholarship, has been applied. An award may not exceed the |
| 193 | institution's estimated annual cost of attendance for the |
| 194 | student to attend the institution. |
| 195 | (7) The eligibility status of each student to receive a |
| 196 | disbursement shall be determined by each institution as of the |
| 197 | end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a drop-add |
| 198 | period. An institution shall not be required to reevaluate a |
| 199 | student's eligibility status after this date for purposes of |
| 200 | changing eligibility determinations previously made. |
| 201 | Participating institutions shall verify the continued |
| 202 | eligibility of awarded students, provide for the disbursement of |
| 203 | funds to students, and comply with the department's reporting |
| 204 | requirements. Institutions shall certify to the department, each |
| 205 | academic term within 30 days after the end of the regular |
| 206 | registration period, the student's enrollment, continued |
| 207 | eligibility, and the award amount. Any balance at the end of a |
| 208 | fiscal year that has been disbursed to an institution for this |
| 209 | program shall remain at the institution and shall be available |
| 210 | only to provide grants for returning and new awardees. |
| 211 | (8) No later than November 15, each participating |
| 212 | institution shall annually report to the Executive Office of the |
| 213 | Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House |
| 214 | of Representatives, and the State Board of Education the |
| 215 | eligibility requirements for recipients, the aggregate |
| 216 | demographics of recipients, the retention and graduation rates |
| 217 | of recipients, and a delineation of funds awarded to recipients |
| 218 | in the prior academic year. |
| 219 | (9) This section shall be implemented only as specifically |
| 220 | funded. |
| 221 | Section 3. Section 1009.703, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 222 | to read: |
| 223 | 1009.703 First Generation Matching Grant Program for |
| 224 | colleges and universities eligible to participate in the William |
| 225 | L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program.-- |
| 226 | (1) The First Generation Matching Grant Program for |
| 227 | colleges and universities eligible to participate in the William |
| 228 | L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program is created to |
| 229 | enable each private nonprofit college or university eligible to |
| 230 | participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access |
| 231 | Grant Program to provide donors with a matching grant incentive |
| 232 | for contributions that will create grant-based student financial |
| 233 | aid for undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need |
| 234 | and whose parents, as defined in s. 1009.21(1), have not earned |
| 235 | a baccalaureate or higher degree. In the case of any individual |
| 236 | who regularly resided with and received support from only one |
| 237 | parent, an individual whose only such parent did not complete a |
| 238 | baccalaureate or higher degree would also be eligible. |
| 239 | (2) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the program |
| 240 | shall be allocated by the Office of Student Financial Assistance |
| 241 | to match private contributions on a dollar-for-dollar basis. |
| 242 | Contributions made to a qualified college or university and |
| 243 | pledged for the purposes of this section are eligible for state |
| 244 | matching funds appropriated for this program and are not |
| 245 | eligible for any other state matching grant program. Pledged |
| 246 | contributions are not eligible for matching prior to the actual |
| 247 | collection of the total funds. The Office of Student Financial |
| 248 | Assistance shall reserve a proportionate allocation of the total |
| 249 | appropriated funds for each qualified college or university on |
| 250 | the basis of full-time equivalent resident undergraduate |
| 251 | enrollment. For the 2007-2008 fiscal year, funds that remain |
| 252 | unmatched as of December 1 shall be reallocated to participating |
| 253 | colleges and universities that have remaining unmatched private |
| 254 | contributions for the program on the basis of full-time |
| 255 | equivalent resident undergraduate enrollment. Beginning with the |
| 256 | 2008-2009 fiscal year, funds that remain unmatched as of August |
| 257 | 1 shall be reallocated to participating colleges and |
| 258 | universities that have remaining unmatched private contributions |
| 259 | for the program on the basis of full-time equivalent resident |
| 260 | undergraduate enrollment. |
| 261 | (3) Payment of the state matching grant shall be |
| 262 | transmitted to the president of each participating institution |
| 263 | or his or her representative in advance of the official drop-add |
| 264 | deadline as defined by the institution. |
| 265 | (4) Each participating college or university shall |
| 266 | establish an application process, determine student eligibility |
| 267 | for initial and renewal awards in conformance with subsection |
| 268 | (5), identify the amount awarded to each recipient, and notify |
| 269 | recipients of the amount of their awards. A participating |
| 270 | college or university may award grants for summer-term |
| 271 | enrollment if funds are available. Grants for summer-term |
| 272 | enrollment may be used only at the institution awarding the |
| 273 | grant. For the purpose of this subsection, "summer-term |
| 274 | enrollment" means enrollment in the term at the end of the |
| 275 | academic year which is the period of time from one fall term to |
| 276 | the next in which a full-time student is expected to complete |
| 277 | the equivalent of two semesters, two trimesters, or three |
| 278 | quarters. |
| 279 | (5) In order to be eligible to receive a grant pursuant to |
| 280 | this section, an applicant must: |
| 281 | (a) Meet the general requirements for student eligibility |
| 282 | for state financial aid, including residency, as provided in s. |
| 283 | 1009.40, except as otherwise provided in this section. |
| 284 | (b) Be a first-generation college student. For the |
| 285 | purposes of this section, a student is considered "first |
| 286 | generation" if neither of the student's parents, as defined in |
| 287 | s. 1009.21(1), earned a college degree at the baccalaureate |
| 288 | level or higher or, in the case of any individual who regularly |
| 289 | resided with and received support from only one parent, if that |
| 290 | parent did not earn a baccalaureate or higher degree. |
| 291 | (c) Be accepted at a private nonprofit college or |
| 292 | university eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, |
| 293 | Florida Resident Access Grant Program. |
| 294 | (d) Be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours per term |
| 295 | as a degree-seeking undergraduate student. |
| 296 | (e) Have demonstrated financial need by completing the |
| 297 | Free Application for Federal Student Aid. |
| 298 | (f) Meet additional eligibility requirements as |
| 299 | established by the institution. |
| 300 | (6) The award amount shall be based on the student's need |
| 301 | assessment after any scholarship or grant aid, including, but |
| 302 | not limited to, a Pell Grant or a Florida Bright Futures |
| 303 | Scholarship, has been applied. An award may not exceed the |
| 304 | institution's estimated annual cost of attendance for the |
| 305 | student to attend the institution. |
| 306 | (7) The eligibility status of each student to receive a |
| 307 | disbursement shall be determined by each institution as of the |
| 308 | end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a drop-add |
| 309 | period. An institution shall not be required to reevaluate a |
| 310 | student's eligibility status after this date for purposes of |
| 311 | changing eligibility determinations previously made. |
| 312 | Participating institutions shall verify the continued |
| 313 | eligibility of awarded students, provide for the disbursement of |
| 314 | funds to students, and comply with the department's reporting |
| 315 | requirements. Institutions shall certify to the department, each |
| 316 | academic term within 30 days after the end of the regular |
| 317 | registration period, the student's enrollment, continued |
| 318 | eligibility, and the award amount. Any balance at the end of a |
| 319 | fiscal year that has been disbursed to an institution for this |
| 320 | program shall remain at the institution and shall be available |
| 321 | only to provide grants for returning and new awardees. |
| 322 | (8) No later than November 15, each participating |
| 323 | institution shall annually report to the Executive Office of the |
| 324 | Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House |
| 325 | of Representatives, and the State Board of Education the |
| 326 | eligibility requirements for recipients, the aggregate |
| 327 | demographics of recipients, the retention and graduation rates |
| 328 | of recipients, and a delineation of funds awarded to recipients |
| 329 | in the prior academic year. |
| 330 | (9) This section shall be implemented only as specifically |
| 331 | funded. |
| 332 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
| 333 |
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| 335 | On page 10, line 29, through page 12, line 16, remove all |
| 336 | of said lines and insert: |
| 337 | A bill to be entitled |
| 338 | An act relating to First Generation Matching Grant |
| 339 | Programs; amending s. 1009.701, F.S., relating to the |
| 340 | First Generation Matching Grant Program for state |
| 341 | universities; clarifying provisions relating to |
| 342 | eligibility for receipt of a grant; revising provisions |
| 343 | relating to allocation and reallocation of funds; |
| 344 | authorizing the award of grants for summer-term enrollment |
| 345 | if funds are available; providing duties and reporting |
| 346 | requirements of institutions participating in the program; |
| 347 | providing for the use of balance of funds; creating ss. |
| 348 | 1009.702 and 1009.703, F.S.; creating the First Generation |
| 349 | Matching Grant Program for community colleges and the |
| 350 | First Generation Matching Grant Program for colleges and |
| 351 | universities eligible to participate in the William L. |
| 352 | Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program; providing |
| 353 | for financial aid to eligible undergraduate students who |
| 354 | demonstrate financial need and whose parents have not |
| 355 | earned a baccalaureate or higher degree; providing for the |
| 356 | appropriation, allocation, and distribution of funds; |
| 357 | providing eligibility criteria; providing an effective |
| 358 | date. |