{"id":4120,"date":"2009-07-06T17:40:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T21:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=4120"},"modified":"2019-07-18T13:39:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T17:39:29","slug":"changes-to-florida-bright-futures-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/changes-to-florida-bright-futures-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Florida Bright Futures Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By this time, you should have received a notification from the Florida Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/finaid.ucf.edu\/\">Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA)<\/a> regarding the changes to the Bright Futures Scholarship Program, which are a result of the 2009 Florida Legislative Session. These changes are effective beginning fall semester of the 2009-2010 academic year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Award amounts are based on the four-year university rates:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Florida Academic Scholars Award &#8211; $126.00 per credit hour<\/li>\n<li>Florida Medallion Scholars Award &#8211; $ 95.00 per credit hour<\/li>\n<li>Florida Gold Seal Scholars Award &#8211; $ 95.00 per credit hour<\/li>\n<li>Academic Top Scholars Award &#8211; $ 54.00 per credit hour<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Florida Academic Scholars will no longer receive a college-related expense allowance.<\/li>\n<li>Bright Futures awards will be recalculated (reduced) for courses that are dropped or withdrawn after the add\/drop period has ended each semester. The award amount for all withdrawn\/dropped classes must be repaid.<\/li>\n<li>Changes in Bright Futures Renewal Requirements:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Students with unpaid recalculated award amounts due to course(s) that were dropped or withdrawn will not be eligible to renew.<\/li>\n<li>Full-time students must earn 24 semester hours per academic year (part-time enrollment will be prorated accordingly).<\/li>\n<li>Allows students who lose their award due to hours to restore it.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibits the switching of Florida Gold Seal Vocational awards to Florida Medallion awards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information about these changes, you may visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Department of Education Office of Student Financial Assistance&#8217;s Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For other information about <a href=\"https:\/\/finaid.ucf.edu\/types-of-aid\/bf-program\/\">Bright Futures<\/a>, please visit the UCF Office of Student Financial Assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>UCF Office of Student Financial Assistance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; By this time, you should have received a notification from the Florida Department of Education Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) regarding the changes to the Bright Futures Scholarship Program, which are a result of the 2009 Florida Legislative Session. 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