What's New

• Florida Legislative Session 2008 Updates
• Florida Legislative Session 2007C Updates
• Florida Medallion Scholars May Receive 100% Funding at Community Colleges
• Bright Futures Updates

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• Initially Awarded Student Information Page
• Renewal Students
• Eligible Colleges and Schools
• Award Amounts
• Summer Funding
• Frequently Asked Questions

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• Resources for Postsecondary Institutions
• Comprehensive Course Table

Restoration - (One-Time Opportunity)

If a student loses his/her scholarship because the required number of hours was not earned, can it be restored?

• No, a student may not be awarded restoration of the scholarship if he/she does not earn the six semester hours (or the equivalent in quarter or clock hours) per term funded required for renewal.

If a student loses his/her scholarship due to a low GPA, can it be restored?

• Yes, if a student's cumulative GPA (unrounded and unweighted), as reported by the home postsecondary institution, was less than a 2.75 and he/she was ineligible for funding, the student may apply for restoration in an academic year after which the 2.75 cumulative GPA requirement was met.  (The 2.75 GPA must be met before the fall term for which the student is applying.)
• To request restoration, 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 by selecting the links 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 must be selected at the time of application.
• In addition to the application, the financial aid office at the Florida postsecondary institution where the student last attended as degree- or certificate-seeking must certify online the postsecondary institutional cumulative GPA that will determine his/her eligibility to restore.
• A student who last attended an out-of-state postsecondary institution must request that his/her official transcripts be submitted to:  Florida Department of Education, Office of Student Financial Assistance, Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, Suite 70, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32303-4759.
• OSFA recommends that applications be submitted online 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 restoration applications is May 30, 2009.
• Funding is not available to a student prior to restoring the scholarship nor is it retroactive for any year.

If a student's Florida Academic Scholars award is renewed the following year to a Florida Medallion Scholars award due to receipt of a 2.75 - 2.99 cumulative GPA, how can his/her Florida Academic Scholarship be restored?

• A student has a one-time opportunity to restore his/her scholarship.
• Each subsequent renewal period, a renewing student will automatically be evaluated for restoration to the Florida Academic Scholars award if the student's cumulative GPA is reported by the home postsecondary institution at the minimum required 3.0 or above.  No application is required.
• Funding will then be available to the student at the Florida Academic Scholars award level beginning in the fall of the upcoming academic year.  This will be the one-time restoration opportunity.
• A Florida Academic Scholar who loses the scholarship and then restores to a Florida Medallion Scholar (and accepts funding as a Florida Medallion Scholar), may not be awarded a second restoration to his/her original Florida Academic Scholarship.