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11 The Conference Committee on CS for SB 10-C recommended the
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14 Conference Committee Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1009.531, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
21 student eligibility requirements for initial awards.--
22 (1) Effective January 1, 2008, in order to be eligible
23 for an initial award from any of the three types of
24 scholarships under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
25 Program, a student must:
26 (a) Be a Florida resident as defined in s. 1009.40 and
27 rules of the State Board of Education.
28 (b) Earn a standard Florida high school diploma or its
29 equivalent as described in s. 1003.429, s. 1003.43, or s.
30 1003.435 unless:
31 1. The student is enrolled full time in the early
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1 admission program of an eligible postsecondary education
2 institution or completes a home education program according to
3 s. 1002.41; or
4 2. The student earns a high school diploma from a
5 non-Florida school while living with a parent or guardian who
6 is on military or public service assignment away from Florida.
7 (c) Be accepted by and enroll in an eligible Florida
8 public or independent postsecondary education institution.
9 (d) Be enrolled for at least 6 semester credit hours
10 or the equivalent in quarter hours or clock hours.
11 (e) Not have been found guilty of, or entered a plea
12 of nolo contendere to, a felony charge, unless the student has
13 been granted clemency by the Governor and Cabinet sitting as
14 the Executive Office of Clemency.
15 (f) Apply for a scholarship from the program by high
16 school graduation.
17 Section 2. Disbursement of funds from the Florida
18 Bright Futures Scholarship Program for the 2007-2008 second
19 term to students who received an initial award for the
20 2007-2008 academic year for enrollment in the early admission
21 program is contingent upon funds being available after payment
22 to all other recipients of the Florida Bright Futures
23 Scholarship who are required to pay tuition and fees. If funds
24 are insufficient to pay in full all recipients enrolled in the
25 early admission program, the available funds shall be prorated
26 among the eligible students. This section expires July 1,
27 2008.
28 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1009.534, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award.--
31 (2) Effective January 1, 2008, a Florida Academic
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1 Scholar who is enrolled in a public postsecondary education
2 institution is eligible for an award equal to the amount
3 required to pay tuition, fees, and an additional amount $600
4 for college-related expenses annually as specified in law or
5 the General Appropriations Act. A student who is enrolled in a
6 nonpublic postsecondary education institution is eligible for
7 an award equal to the amount that would be required to pay for
8 the average tuition and fees of a public postsecondary
9 education institution at the comparable level, plus the annual
10 amount specified in law or the General Appropriations Act for
11 college-related expenses $600.
12 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
13 law.
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17 And the title is amended as follows:
18 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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21 A bill to be entitled
22 An act relating to higher education; amending
23 s. 1009.531, F.S.; revising the eligibility
24 requirements for the Florida Bright Futures
25 Scholarship Program; providing for the
26 disbursement of funds under the program to
27 students enrolled in the early admission
28 program during the 2007-2008 second term;
29 amending s. 1009.534, F.S.; requiring that the
30 amount awarded to Florida Academic Scholars for
31 college-related expenses be specified by law or
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