To clarify current processes and statutory changes made by the Florida Legislature. The effect will be a rule which is consistent with governing law.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-20.028Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To clarify current processes and statutory changes made by the Florida Legislature. The effect will be a rule which is consistent with governing law.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Remove the requirement that funding begin in the fall. Provide the option of using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for application to the program. Remove language specifying grade levels for home-educated students and clarify that volunteer service hour requirements apply to students from public, private and home education settings. Articulate initial and renewal eligibility requirements for students who earn Florida Career and Professiona Education Act (CAPE) certification. Specify initial eligibility test score requirements for high school graduates. Update provisions for students who are required to fulfill religious service obligations. Provide clarification and eligibility requirements for spring/summer students. Remove scholarship length language specifying students must receive a scholarship disbursement within the first two academic years following high school graduation.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1009.53(3), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1009.40, 1009.42, 1009.43, 1009.53, 1009.531, 1009.532, 1009.533, 1009.534, 1009.5341, 1009.535, 1009.536, 1009.538, F.S.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Parker Campbell, Director, State Scholarships and Grants, Finance & Operations, Office of Student Financial Assistance, Suite 1344, [phone]. To comment on this rule development or to request a rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or email [e-mail].

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

 

Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.