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After a Student Receives an Award Letter, What's Next?
| What must a student do to receive scholarship funding? |
- Notify the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) of which college, university, or vocational school he/she plans to attend. A student may use the Office of Student Financial Assistance, State Scholarships and Grants User ID and PIN to update his/her postsecondary institution. The student received the User ID and PIN in his/her acknowledgement letter or e-mail after completing the Florida Financial Aid Application.
- Be a Florida resident and a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen
as determined by his/her college, university, or vocational school.
- Be enrolled as a degree/certificate seeking student.
- Enroll in a minimum of six semester (or equivalent in quarter or clock) hours per term by the end of the school's drop/add period.
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- Please Note:
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- The maximum number of hours that can be funded each academic
year is 45 semester (60 quarter or the equivalent in clock) hours.
- No remedial course work is funded.
- Eligibility for the award begins in the fall term of each academic
year.
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| How does a student receive the award money? |
- OSFA sends funds to each institution for their
Bright Futures recipients prior to the beginning of the fall term.
- The institution is provided with all eligible students' names
and social security numbers electronically. The school may
also contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance.
- After the end of the drop/add period, funds are either applied
to the student's account at the institution or given to the student
in a check.
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| How much money will a student receive? |
| The amount of a student's award varies depending on
the institution he/she attends and the number of hours he/she is
enrolled. A student should contact his/her financial aid officer for information
pertaining to the award amount. |
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| What if a student wants to drop a class or withdraw
from school after the drop/add period? |
| If a student DROPS OR ADDS after the drop/add period,
his/her institution is not required to revise the award amount for that
term. However, hours dropped or added may affect a student's renewal
eligibility. |
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| May a student receive funding for courses taken at
two different institutions during the same term? |
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The institution at which a student is seeking his/her
degree is the home institution and is the school that must fund each student's
disbursement. The financial aid office at the home institution
will determine how many hours of enrollment to fund. If the home institution has a consortium/transient student agreement with
the school where the student will be taking additional course work, the home
institution may fund those additional hours. |
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