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CS/CS/SB 86: Student Financial Aid

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Education ; Baxley

Student Financial Aid; Requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System to create an online dashboard; requiring the procedures to include placing a hold on certain students’ registrations; requiring the Board of Governors, the State Board of Education, and the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida to each approve, by a specified date, a list of career certificate and undergraduate and graduate degree programs that they determine do not lead directly to employment; revising the formula for calculating how Florida Public Student Assistance Grant Program funds are distributed, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 House - Died in Messages; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1261 (Ch. 2021-232), CS/CS/SB 52 (Ch. 2021-160)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education (ED)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/23/2021 Senate • Filed
2/24/2021 Senate • Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 44
3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 43
3/9/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education, 03/09/21, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
3/11/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Education, 03/16/21, 12:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/16/2021 Senate • CS by Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 4 -SJ 271
3/17/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/18/2021 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 03/23/21, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
• CS by Education read 1st time -SJ 273
3/19/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, 03/24/21, 4:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/23/2021 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -SJ 325
3/25/2021 Senate • Now in Appropriations
3/26/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/31/21, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/29/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/01/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/31/2021 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 8 -SJ 343
4/1/2021 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/07/21 -SJ 378
• CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 346
4/7/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 369
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/8/2021 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 395
• CS passed; YEAS 22 NAYS 18 -SJ 395
• Immediately certified -SJ 408
4/8/2021 House • In Messages
4/30/2021 House • Died in Messages; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1261 (Ch. 2021-232), CS/CS/SB 52 (Ch. 2021-160)