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Bright Futures may stop paying for dropped classes

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The Associated Press

Published: April 7, 2009

Updated: 04/07/2009 11:40 am

TALLAHASSEE - Florida's Bright Futures scholarships would no longer pay for many dropped classes under bills moving through the Legislature.

State education officials say that could save an estimated $30 million or more every year.

A House appropriations panel Tuesday unanimously approved a bill (HB 719) to make that change.

Most colleges and universities have a grace period to drop a course without paying. Bright Futures students who drop a course after that would have to reimburse the state with some exceptions.

The scholarships pay up to 100 percent of tuition based on students' grades and entrance test scores.

The bill next goes to the House floor. A similar bill (SB 1364) has cleared two of three Senate committees.

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