Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) General eligibility requirements. To
receive an initial or renewing Florida Farmworker Student Scholarship Program
award a student shall meet the provisions of Sections
1009.40,
1009.41,
1009.42 and
1009.894, F.S., and Rules
6A-20.001,
6A-20.003 and
6A-20.0371, F.A.C., and:
(a) Be enrolled in a public Florida
postsecondary institution in an undergraduate degree or career certificate
program of study.
(b) Be enrolled
in a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours, or equivalent quarter or
clock credit hours, per term.
(c)
Be a farmworker as defined in Section
420.503, F.S., or child of a
farmworker.
(d) Be a Florida
resident as provided in Section
1009.40, F.S., and Rule
6A-20.003 F.A.C., and a U.S.
citizen or eligible non-citizen.
(2) Initial eligibility requirements.
(a) Information about the scholarship program
is made available via the Florida Department of Education (FDOE), Office of
Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) website (
https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org).
(b) For the purposes of initial eligibility,
in accordance with Section
1009.894, F.S., the student
must:
1. File the FFAA-1, Florida Financial
Aid Application for Students, as incorporated by reference in Rule
6A-20.019, F.A.C., and meet all
Florida Farmworker Student Scholarship Program academic requirements provided
in Florida Statutes. A copy of Form FFAA-1 may be obtained online at
https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org.
2. Complete and submit the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) online in time to be
processed error-free by the U.S. Department of Education on or before May
15.
3. Have earned a minimum
weighted cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 for all high school
courses creditable toward a diploma.
4. Have a minimum ninety (90) percent
attendance rate and have no disciplinary action documented on the high school
transcript.
5. Have completed a
minimum of thirty (30) community service hours. Service hours may not be hours
that benefitted the student financially or materially, or be service to family
members defined as: parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins,
nieces, nephews, and spouses, including aforementioned step
relations.
(c) At the end
of the regular registration period, inclusive of the drop/add period for each
academic term for which aid is received, an eligible student shall:
1. Be enrolled for a minimum of twelve (12)
credits for a degree program or a minimum of three hundred sixty (360) clock
hours per term for a certificate program;
2. Not owe a repayment of a federal Title IV
grant, or any state grant or scholarship unless satisfactory arrangements have
been made to repay; and
3. Not be
in default on any state or federal student loan program unless satisfactory
arrangements have been made to repay.
(3) Academic eligibility for renewal awards
is determined at the end of the second semester or third quarter of each
academic year. To be eligible for a renewal award, a student shallhave earned a
minimum cumulative institutional grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale for
postsecondary work.
(4) Appeals. An
applicant may appeal decisions of ineligibility made due to failure to meet
academic progress requirements or errors made by the Office of Student
Financial Assistance under the provisions of Rule
6A-20.0371, F.A.C.
(5) Award procedures. The department will
make awards, not to exceed the number of full awardees set in statute. Priority
in the distribution of funds will be as follows:
(a) First priority will be given to renewal
applicants.
(b) Second priority for
awards will be given to initial applicants. If the number of awards remaining
is insufficient to award all such applicants, they will be ranked and selected
first by the least family contribution as specified on the FAFSA and second by
the earliest postmark or electronic receipt date of the Florida Financial Aid
Application. If the number of awards remaining is insufficient to award all
equally ranked applicants, the tie will be broken through random
selection.
(6) Florida
public school districts shall submit transcript, service hours, and eligibility
criteria data by deadlines established by the FDOE.
(7) Institutional Responsibilities.
Institutions shall meet the provisions of Section
1009.46, F.S., and Rule
6A-20.002, F.A.C.
(8) Florida eligible non-public secondary
schools must register as a non-public high school via the Private Annual School
Survey (http://www.fldoe.org/schools/school-choice/private-schools/annual-survey.stml)
with the FDOE and submit scholarship required courses, service hours, and other
eligibility criteria data as requested to the FDOE, via the Online Transcript
Entry and Evaluation System (https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org).
Rulemaking Authority
1001.02(1),
(2)(n),
1009.894(1) FS.
Law Implemented 1009.40,
1009.894
FS.
New 3-15-22.
