Bright Futures Scholarship

House Higher Education Appropriations Chairman Rene Plasencia, R-Orlando, told reporters the stipend was “subsidizing textbook companies.”

After the outcry that included a student-led opposition campaign, most controversial parts of the bill have been eliminated.

A plan steering bright futures scholarship money to students who enter in-demand degree fields is getting endorsements from Florida House and Senate leaders. The bill limits funding from going to students who decide against majors the state deems critical for its workforce.

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran late Wednesday signed an emergency order that eases some eligibility requirements for awards under the Florida...

More Florida students are taking advantage of beefed-up scholarship programs that help pay for tuition, fees and books at state universities and colleges.

An additional 44,000 Bright Futures students would have their scholarships expanded under a bill approved Monday by the Senate Education Committee. The...

Florida's incoming Senate President Joe Negron is laying the groundwork to revamp the state's Bright Futures scholarships program, which is funded by...

State university leaders want to add $45 million in needs-based financial aid to help make up for changes to the Bright Futures scholarship program....

Most new Palm Beach State College students were going through orientation earlier this month, but Jake Seiler was wrapping up his first three courses....

A decade long investigation into Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program has been revived. Authorities have requested data on Bright Futures winners,…