Senate Bill 270 (2025) — Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
SB 270
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Florida Senate - 2025 SB By Senator Burgess 23-00399A-25 2025270__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; amending s. 1009.531, F.S.; 3 revising eligibility requirements for a student who earns a high school diploma from a non-Florida school under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. 7
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
Section 1. Paragraph
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b) of subsection (1) of
section 11 1009.531, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 1009.531 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; 13 student eligibility requirements for initial awards.— 14
(1) In order to be eligible for an initial award from any of the scholarships under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, a student must: 17
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b) Earn a standard Florida high school diploma pursuant to s. 1002.3105(5), s. 1003.4281, or s. 1003.4282 or a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to s. 1003.435 unless: 20 1. The student completes a home education program according to s. 1002.41; 22 2. The student earns a high school diploma from a non-23 Florida school while living with a parent or guardian who is on, 24 or, within months before the student’s high school graduation, has retired from, military or public service assignment away from Florida; or 27 3.
The student earns a high school diploma from a Florida private school operating pursuant to s. 1002.42. 29 Florida Senate - 2025 SB 270 23-00399A-25 2025270__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.