Modifications to the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program are required due to recent legislation included in Chapter 2023-39, Laws of Florida, that include implementing and providing clarification for section 1009.531, ....  

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    State Board of Education

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    6A-20.028Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

    PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Modifications to the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program are required due to recent legislation included in Chapter 2023-39, Laws of Florida, that include implementing and providing clarification for section 1009.531, Florida Statutes. The changes include permitting students to combine volunteer service and paid work hours, authorizing students to earn a concordant score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to meet the minimum college entrance exam score requirement, and extending the college entrance exam test score deadline to August 31 of the student’s last year in high school.

    SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Initial eligibility requirements including volunteer and paid work hours, in addition to test score requirements.

    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 HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

    DATE AND TIME: June 9, 2023, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. EDT

    PLACE: https://event.gotowebinar.com/event/7487f89d-939b-4ce7-a930-e204a19d3ab5

    THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Shawn Haskin, Director, State Scholarships and Grants, Finance and Operations, Office of Student Financial Assistance, Shawn.Haskin@fldoe.org or (850)410-5185. 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, (850)245-9601 or email Christian.Emerson@fldoe.org.

     

    THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.