Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1308
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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04/11/2019 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Perry) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 145 and 146
4 insert:
5 Section 5. Section 1009.75, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 1009.75 Last Mile Scholarship program.—
8 (1) Beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year, the Last
9 Mile Scholarship program is established within the Department of
10 Education to annually award the cost of in-state tuition and
11 required fees to students classified as residents pursuant to s.
12 1009.21 who are in good standing at Florida College System
13 institutions and state universities and who are within 12 or
14 fewer credit hours of completing their first associate degree or
15 baccalaureate degree. Any student who has earned college credit
16 from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution within a
17 period of 8 academic years before the year in which the student
18 submits an application pursuant to subsection (2) is eligible to
19 participate in the program.
20 (2)(a) The Department of Education shall create a simple,
21 web-based, application to allow any eligible student to identify
22 his or her intent to enroll and complete his or her associate
23 degree or baccalaureate degree within 3 academic terms at one or
24 more Florida College System institutions or state universities
25 or through an online competency-based program at a regionally
26 accredited, not-for-profit university.
27 (b) The department shall refer the student to the intended
28 institution or university for continued processing of
29 eligibility, feasibility of reverse transfer, award status, and
30 enrollment. The participating Florida College System institution
31 or state university must determine the eligibility of each
32 referred student and must report that information to the
33 department on behalf of the student in a format prescribed by
34 the department.
35 (c) Once an eligible student has successfully passed the
36 course or courses for each term in which the student is enrolled
37 during the program period, the department shall disburse the
38 award funds to the participating institution or university. The
39 award amount may not exceed the difference between the student’s
40 full cost of attendance and his or her total financial aid,
41 excluding loans.
42 (3) Funding for the program specified under this section is
43 contingent upon legislative appropriation.
44 (4) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors
45 shall adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to implement
46 this section, including, but not limited to, application
47 processes, priority degree fields for award recipients,
48 reporting processes, and fees.
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51 And the title is amended as follows:
52 Delete line 21
53 and insert:
54 requirements; creating s. 1009.75, F.S.; establishing
55 a scholarship program within the Department of
56 Education beginning with a specified academic year;
57 providing the purpose of the program; providing
58 student eligibility requirements relating to the
59 program; requiring the department to create a web
60 based application; providing program requirements;
61 providing for disbursal of award funds; providing that
62 funding for the program is contingent upon legislative
63 appropriation; requiring the State Board of Education
64 and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and
65 regulations, respectively; providing an effective
66 date.