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Receiving Scholarship Funding
| After a student receives an award notification, to receive scholarship funding, he/she must: |
- 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 OSFA, 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 correspondence 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 in a degree or certificate program of study.
- 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.
- Earn at least 24 semester credit hours (or the equivalent) if enrolled full time for the
entire academic year.
- A student enrolled full time (12 or more semester hours or the equivalent) for only one
term must earn at least 12 semester hours for that term.
- If a student is enrolled part time for any part of the academic year, the student must earn a
prorated number of credit hours.
- A student enrolled three-quarter time (9-11 semester hours or the equivalent) for a
term must earn at least 9 semester hours for that term.
- A student enrolled half-time (6-8 semester hours or the equivalent) for a term must earn
at least 6 semester hours for that term.
- See also, Required Hours for Renewal.
- Reimburse the postsecondary institution for the cost of course(s) dropped or withdrawn after the
initial drop/add period. Non-refunded hours may affect the student's renewal eligibility.
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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.
- Disbursements begin in the fall term of each academic
year.
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| Disbursement of 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 OSFA.
- After the end of the drop/add period, the postsecondary institution either applies funds
to the student's account at the institution or provides the student a check.
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| Award Amounts |
| The amount of a student's award varies depending on
the institution he/she attends and the number of hours enrolled. A student should contact his/her
financial aid officer for information pertaining to the award amount. |
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| Dropping a class or withdrawing from school after the drop/add period |
| A student should contact his/her postsecondary institution's financial aid office regarding the
institution’s policy on withdrawal. Review the renewal requirements at
www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org/SSFAD/bf/renewpg.htm
on the Bright Futures Web site. Beginning with Bright Futures students funded in the 2009-10
academic year, if a student drops or withdraws hours that were disbursed in a Bright Futures
award after the last day of the drop/add period, he/she will be responsible for reimbursing the
postsecondary institution with the revised award amount. A student may make a written appeal, however,
for hours dropped or withdrawn (due to verifiable illness or emergency) after the last day of the
drop/add period to the home postsecondary institution. The postsecondary institution will make a
recommendation to the Florida Department of Education. The department may accept or deny the
postsecondary institution's recommendation for exception. Non-refunded hours may affect the
student's renewal eligibility. |
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| 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. |
Activate your User ID and PIN - Know it, Use it, Be Responsible for
your state financial aid!
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