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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 2 - EDUCATION (ALL OTHER FUNDS) Florida Student Assistance Grant - Public Full & Part Time 236,044,017 Florida Student Assistance Grant - Private................ 23,612,502 Florida Student Assistance Grant - Postsecondary.......... 6,430,443 Florida Student Assistance Grant - Career Education....... 3,309,050 Children/Spouses of Deceased/Disabled Veterans............ 21,499,983 Florida Work Experience................................... 1,569,922 Rosewood Family Scholarships.............................. 256,747 Florida Farmworker Scholarships........................... 272,151 From the funds in Specific Appropriation 70, $1,000,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided for the Honorably Discharged Graduate Assistance Program, which is a recurring base appropriations project. Such funds are provided for supplemental need-based veteran educational benefits and shall be used to assist in the payment of living expenses during holiday and semester breaks for active duty and honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces who served on or after September 11, 2001. To ensure students in both public and private institutions have an opportunity to receive funding, allocations to institutions shall be prorated based on the number of total eligible students at eligible institutions. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 70, $305,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided for the Randolph Bracy Ocoee Scholarship Program. The program shall provide up to 50 scholarships to eligible students annually, in an amount up to $6,100, not to exceed the amount of the student’s tuition and registration fees. To be eligible for an award, a student must: be a direct descendant of victims of the Ocoee Election Day Riots of November 1920 or a current African-American resident of Ocoee; meet the general eligibility requirements for student eligibility as provided in section 1009.40, Florida Statutes; file an application within the established time limits; and be enrolled as a degree-seeking or certificate-seeking student at a state university, Florida College System institution, Historically Black College or University, or a career center authorized by law. The department shall rank eligible initial applicants for the purpose of awarding scholarships based on need, as determined by the department. From the funds provided in Specific Appropriations 4 and 70, the maximum grant to any student from the Florida Public, Private, Career Education, and Postsecondary Assistance Grant Programs shall be $3,260. Institutions that received state funds in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 for student scholarships or grants administered by the Office of Student Financial Assistance shall submit the following two reports in a format prescribed by the Department of Education; both due by December 1, 2024. A report of the following information by institution: 1) federal loan information, including the total federal loan amounts disbursed and total number of students who received federal loans; and 2) student level data for all grants, scholarships, and awards to students who applied for and/or received state-funded tuition assistance and aid. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 70, $850,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided for Take Stock in College (HF 2803) (SF 2708). 72 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS OUT-OF-STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIVALENCY REIMBURSEMENT FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 1,000,000 The recurring funds in Specific Appropriation 72 are provided for reimbursement for out-of-state and special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training. The department, in consultation with the Department of Law Enforcement, shall reimburse eligible applicants who relocate from outside the state or who transition from service in the special operations forces to become a full-time law enforcement officer within this state for eligible expenses incurred while obtaining a Florida law enforcement officer certification. Funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis pursuant to section 1009.8961, Florida Statutes. 72A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FLORIDA FIRST RESPONDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 10,000,000 The recurring funds in Specific Appropriation 72A are provided for 17