What's New

• Florida Legislative Session 2009 Updates and Legislative History

Student Quick Links

• Important Notice Regarding Changes to Your Florida Bright Futures Scholarship
• First-Time Applicants
• Initially Awarded Student Information Page
• Renewal Students
• Required Hours for Renewal
• Eligible Colleges and Schools
• Award Amounts
• Summer Funding
• Frequently Asked Questions

Administrator Quick Links

• High School Guidance Counselors
• Resources for Postsecondary Institutions
• Comprehensive Course Table

Notification of Eligibility

Early Evaluations (7th Semester)

All students whose transcripts are submitted for an official early evaluation (based on academic progress in the middle of the last year of high school) will receive notification of eligibility or ineligibility from the Florida Department of Education (FDOE).  Notification based on early evaluation is sent beginning in March.

End-of-Year Evaluations (8th Semester)

If a student's transcript is submitted for an official evaluation after his/her last term in high school, the student will receive an award (or ineligibility) notification:

• if he/she did not receive an early evaluation, or
• if the student's award status has improved since the early evaluation, or
• if the student remains ineligible.

The Process

Note:  Beginning December 1, 2009, with the initiation of the 2010-11 FFAA, students will only receive FDOE award correspondences through e-mail.  Copies of students' correspondences will be available online (to view and print) through User ID and PIN access.

Included with an award notification will be:

• information about the award;
• instructions regarding how to notify the FDOE of the college the student plans to attend and how to correct any information Bright Futures has on file; and
• instructions explaining how the student can access his/her Bright Futures record on the Internet.
  
  

  Activate your User ID and PIN - Know it, Use it, Be Responsible for your state financial aid!

  A User ID and PIN assigned at the time the student submits his/her FFAA will enable a student to:
  
  
  • view his/her award status;
  • view and/or update his/her demographic information;
  • view and/or update his/her postsecondary institution choice;
  • view the amount disbursed each semester;
  • view the spring renewal GPA;
  • monitor his/her hours remaining for the year and for the scholarship; and
  • view all correspondence sent from the FDOE, Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA).

Included with a 7th semester ineligibility notification will be:

• instructions explaining how a student can monitor his/her eligibility status in the event the GPA or test scores improve prior to the end of June.

FACTS.org

The Web site www.FACTS.org allows public high school students to review their academic progress toward meeting initial eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and course requirements for admission into the State University System. Public high school students in grades 9-12 may access their records by creating their own login ID and password.

College Notification

Notification of a student's award will be made available to all eligible postsecondary institutions via a secured internet directory of eligible students when a student's award status is official.