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Reinstatement Requirements for Bright Futures Scholarships
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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