Bill Amendment: FL H7043 | 2016 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Education
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Higher Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) [H7043 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-H7043-Senate_Floor_Amendment_790318_to_Amendment_420294_.html
Bill Title: Education
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Higher Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) [H7043 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-H7043-Senate_Floor_Amendment_790318_to_Amendment_420294_.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for HB 7043 Ì790318/Î790318 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Gaetz moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (420294) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Between lines 413 and 414 5 insert: 6 Section 9. Section 1009.893, Florida Statutes, is amended 7 to read: 8 1009.893 Benacquisto ScholarshipFlorida National Merit9Scholar IncentiveProgram.— 10 (1) As used in this section, the term: 11 (a) “Department” means the Department of Education. 12 (b) “ScholarshipIncentiveprogram” means the Benacquisto 13 ScholarshipFlorida National Merit Scholar IncentiveProgram. 14 (2) The Benacquisto ScholarshipFlorida National Merit15Scholar IncentiveProgram is created to reward any Florida high 16 school graduate who receives recognition as a National Merit 17 Scholar or National Achievement Scholar and who initially 18 enrolls in the 2014-2015 academic year or, later, in a 19 baccalaureate degree program at an eligible Florida public or 20 independent postsecondary educational institution. 21 (3) The department shall administer the scholarship 22incentiveprogram according to rules and procedures established 23 by the State Board of Education. The department shall advertise 24 the availability of the scholarshipincentiveprogram and notify 25 students, teachers, parents, certified school counselors, and 26 principals or other relevant school administrators of the 27 criteria. 28 (4) In order to be eligible for an award under the 29 scholarshipincentiveprogram, a student must: 30 (a) Be a state resident as determined in s. 1009.40 and 31 rules of the State Board of Education; 32 (b) Earn a standard Florida high school diploma or its 33 equivalent pursuant to s. 1002.3105, s. 1003.4281, s. 1003.4282, 34 or s. 1003.435 unless: 35 1. The student completes a home education program according 36 to s. 1002.41; or 37 2. The student earns a high school diploma from a non 38 Florida school while living with a parent who is on military or 39 public service assignment out of this state; 40 (c) Be accepted by and enroll in a Florida public or 41 independent postsecondary educational institution that is 42 regionally accredited; and 43 (d) Be enrolled full-time in a baccalaureate degree program 44 at an eligible regionally accredited Florida public or 45 independent postsecondary educational institution during the 46 fall academic term following high school graduation. 47 (5)(a) An eligible student who is a National Merit Scholar 48 or National Achievement Scholar and who attends a Florida public 49 postsecondary educational institution shall receive a 50 scholarshipan incentiveaward equal to the institutional cost 51 of attendance minus the sum of the student’s Florida Bright 52 Futures Scholarship and National Merit Scholarship or National 53 Achievement Scholarship. 54 (b) An eligible student who is a National Merit Scholar or 55 National Achievement Scholar and who attends a Florida 56 independent postsecondary educational institution shall receive 57 a scholarshipan incentiveaward equal to the highest cost of 58 attendance at a Florida public university, as reported by the 59 Board of Governors of the State University System, minus the sum 60 of the student’s Florida Bright Futures Scholarship and National 61 Merit Scholarship or National Achievement Scholarship. 62 (6)(a) To be eligible for a renewal award, a student must 63 earn all credits for which he or she was enrolled and maintain a 64 3.0 or higher grade point average. 65 (b) A student may receive the scholarshipincentiveaward 66 for a maximum of 100 percent of the number of credit hours 67 required to complete a baccalaureate degree program, or until 68 completion of a baccalaureate degree program, whichever comes 69 first. 70 (7) The department shall annually issue awards from the 71 scholarshipincentiveprogram. Before the registration period 72 each semester, the department shall transmit payment for each 73 award to the president or director of the postsecondary 74 educational institution, or his or her representative, except 75 that the department may withhold payment if the receiving 76 institution fails to report or to make refunds to the department 77 as required in this section. 78 (a) Each institution shall certify to the department the 79 eligibility status of each student to receive a disbursement 80 within 30 days before the end of its regular registration 81 period, inclusive of a drop and add period. An institution is 82 not required to reevaluate the student eligibility after the end 83 of the drop and add period. 84 (b) An institution that receives funds from the scholarship 85incentiveprogram must certify to the department the amount of 86 funds disbursed to each student and remit to the department any 87 undisbursed advances within 60 days after the end of regular 88 registration. 89 (c) If funds appropriated are not adequate to provide the 90 maximum allowable award to each eligible student, awards must be 91 prorated using the same percentage reduction. 92 (8) Funds from any award within the scholarshipincentive93 program may not be used to pay for remedial coursework or 94 developmental education. 95 (9) A student may use an award for a summer term if funds 96 are available and appropriated by the Legislature. 97 (10) The department shall allocate funds to the appropriate 98 institutions and collect and maintain data regarding the 99 scholarshipincentiveprogram within the student financial 100 assistance database as specified in s. 1009.94. 101 (11) Section 1009.40(4) does not apply to awards issued 102 under this section. 103 (12) A student who receives an award under the scholarship 104 program shall be known as a Benacquisto Scholar. 105 (13) All eligible Florida public or independent 106 postsecondary educational institutions are encouraged to become, 107 and all eligible state universities shall become, college 108 sponsors of the National Merit Scholarship Program. 109 (14)(12)The State Board of Education shall adopt rules 110 necessary to administer this section. 111 112 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 113 And the title is amended as follows: 114 Delete line 1585 115 and insert: 116 requirement; amending s. 1009.893, F.S.; changing the 117 name of the “Florida National Merit Scholar Incentive 118 Program” to the “Benacquisto Scholarship Program”; 119 providing that a student who receives a scholarship 120 award under the program will be referred to as a 121 Benacquisto Scholar; encouraging all eligible Florida 122 public or independent postsecondary educational 123 institutions, and requiring all eligible state 124 universities, to become college sponsors of the 125 National Merit Scholarship Program; amending s. 126 1011.62, F.S.; creating a