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Reinstatement Requirements for Bright Futures Scholarships

Reinstatement/Restoration Online Application

If an eligible student did not receive scholarship funds for the last academic year (fall through spring), how does he/she qualify to reinstate the scholarship?

  • A student must complete a Reinstatement/Restoration Application for Students available on the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) Web site at www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.Org.  Select State Grants, Scholarships & Applications, Apply Here, and then Reinstatement/Restoration Application for Students (or use the direct link above).  Please note that the academic year for which a student is applying is at the top of the application.
  • If a student does not receive award funding in the academic year following his/her graduation from high school, he/she must apply to reinstate his/her award within three years of high school graduation and receive funding the immediate subsequent academic year.
  • If eligible for reinstatement, the student will receive the Bright Futures award (FAS, FMS, or GSV) for which he/she was last determined eligible.
  • Once a student has received funding (for a minimum of one term), he/she is eligible to apply for reinstatement up to seven years from high school graduation.
  • The Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) recommends that applications be submitted by July 1 for a timely fall disbursement or by December 15 for a belated fall or timely spring disbursement.  The deadline for submission of 2008-09 academic year reinstatement applications is May 30, 2009.

Students Who Enlist in the Military

  • An initially eligible student who enlists in the United States Armed Forces immediately after high school graduation must (within three years after separation from active duty):
    • request reinstatement by completing and submitting a Reinstatement/Restoration Application for Students online and
    • submit an official DD Form 214 via mail to verify time served in the military.
  • A student who is receiving a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship and discontinues his/her education to enlist in the United States Armed Forces commences the remainder of his/her seven-year renewal period upon the date of separation from active duty.  To reinstate the scholarship, he/she must:
    • complete and submit a Reinstatement/Restoration Application for Students online and
    • submit an official DD Form 214 via mail to verify time served in the military.

The DD Form 214 should be mailed to:  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, Suite 70, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32303-4759.

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