Purpose


To reflect the amendment enacted during the 2009 regular session of the Legislature to Section 1009.98(3), F.S., which revised and expanded the types of postsecondary educational institutions at which the benefits from Prepaid College Plans may be used. Under this law, Prepaid Plans may be used at “any eligible educational institution as defined in s. 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.” The rule is also amended to revise the amount which will be paid under a Prepaid Plan to such institutions to be the average amount of the tuition, local fees, tuition differential fees, respectively, payable under the beneficiary’s plan or plans. This later change is needed due to the enactment by the 2009 regular session of the Legislature of Section 1009.98(10), F.S., which specifies the amounts which the Board is required to pay state universities on behalf of beneficiaries of Prepaid College Plans.