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CS/CS/HB 747: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program

GENERAL BILL by Education Committee ; Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee ; Rooney ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Magar

Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; Delays initial award & renewal period for certain students; revises eligibility requirements for home education students; requires student, as prerequisite for Florida Academic Scholars award, Florida Medallion Scholars award, & Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award, to identify social or civic issue or professional area of interest & develop plan for personal involvement in addressing issue or learning about area; prohibits student from receiving remuneration or academic credit for volunteer service work except in certain circumstances.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/13/2015 House • Filed
2/26/2015 House • Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee; Education Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee -HJ 61
3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 61
3/16/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee, 03/18/15, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
3/18/2015 House • CS by Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -HJ 277
3/19/2015 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 271
3/20/2015 House • Original reference(s) removed: Education Appropriations Subcommittee
• CS referred to Education Committee -HJ 284
• Now in Education Committee -HJ 284
3/24/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Education Committee, 03/26/15, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
3/26/2015 House • CS/CS by- Education Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 351
3/30/2015 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Education Committee read 1st time -HJ 350
3/31/2015 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 353
4/13/2015 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/15
4/15/2015 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 545
• Amendment(s) failed (885499) -HJ 545
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/16/2015 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 573
• CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 1 -HJ 574
4/21/2015 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Higher Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 449
• Received -SJ 449
4/28/2015 Senate • Withdrawn from Higher Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 692
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 692
• Substituted for CS/SB 960 -SJ 692
• Read 2nd time -SJ 692
• Read 3rd time -SJ 692
• CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 692
• Reconsidered -SJ 693
• Placed on 3rd reading -SJ 693
5/1/2015 Senate • Died on Calendar