PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on June 27 that would alter the requirements for Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program to take into consideration qualifying work experience for applicants and put a college education within reach of more students.
“I am a big believer in higher education,” he said at a press conference in Hillsborough County, where he formally signed HB 461.
HB 461 adds to the existing program a provision that will allow for work hours to be counted instead of community service hours, something the governor says disenfranchised a lot of students who were faced with helping their families financially….
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