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Future of Florida’s Bright Futures scholarship on tap in Tuesday hearing John Haughey, The Center Square © Provided by Washington Examiner
The Senate Education Committee Tuesday will hear a proposed bill that would require the state’s largest college tuition assistance program to exclude recipients seeking degrees that don’t “lead directly to employment.
The Senate panel will also get an earful from parents, Democrats and students – who are campaigning on campuses statewide against the measure – opposed to the reset when it convenes at 12:30 p.m. for what will likely be a very long afternoon.
Senate Bill 86, sponsored by Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Lady Lake, would require the state university system’s Board of Governors (BOG) and State Board of Education (SBE) to approve a list of career certificate, undergraduate and graduate degree programs “that lead directly to employment” beginning the 2022-23 academic year.
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Proposed Senate Bill could affect Florida Bright Futures
The bill would limit students’ funding according to their majors March 10, 2021 | 7:15am EST
Alondra Arce, 20, a UF sustainability sophomore, paints a mural that says Save Our Bright Futures on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Arce recruited student volunteers to help her create the mural along 34th Street in Gainesville to raise awareness about Senate Bill 86, which would limit some students access to state funding for college if passed. Photo by Julia Cooper | The Independent Florida Alligator
Students are protesting a proposed Florida Senate bill that may dramatically change who benefits from the Bright Futures Scholarship program.
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