It is your responsibility to monitor and pay the balance on your student account which may result from dropped
classes or withdrawing from the term.
IF YOU DROP below half-time during the summer term
If you drop below half time, you must repay the entire summer Bright Futures award.
If you withdraw from a course, and remain at least half time, then you will have to
repay Bright Futures for that course.
You will be ineligible for Bright Futures until you have repaid in full.
If you graduate with your bachelor’s degree, then you are no longer eligible to receive
Bright Futures unless you are an eligible graduate student. You can read more about
graduate funding in the Bright Futures Student Handbook.
Bright Futures ELIGIBILITY
You must repay the entire amount owed to Bright Futures in order to renew.
After repaying Bright Futures, those hours may be used again for future coursework.
You are still required to meet the earned credit hour and GPA requirements associated
with your Bright Futures award after repayment, see the Bright Futures Handbook.
You may contact the Financial Aid Office for guidance regarding the Bright Futures/Florida Scholarship Petition - Repayment form for extenuating circumstances only. If your petition is approved and you are
no longer required to repay, then you cannot re-use those hours in a future semester,
which means you may run out of Bright Futures before you graduate.