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Listen • 0:57 blurred focus group of student sitting for listening teacher explaining or sharing experience and knowledge in convention hall room , education concept During the recently concluded 2021 legislative session, members of the Florida House and Senate decided to get rid of two tuition assistance programs. Combined, the moves save $42 million — but may come at a cost to thousands of students. While the planned elimination of the Access to Better Learning and Education (ABLE) program saves $5 million, the cutting of a $600 textbook stipend that Bright Futures r...

/ iStockphoto Cuts to a pair of Florida higher education programs would save approximately $42 million a year. Florida lawmakers decided this session to eliminate a pair of programs, including a $600 stipend to Bright Futures recipients. During the recently concluded 2021 legislative session, members of the Florida House and Senate decided to get rid of two tuition assistance programs. Combined, the moves save $42 million — but may come at a cost to thousands of students. While the planned elimination of the Access to Better Learning and Education (ABLE) program saves $5 million, the cutt...

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TALLAHASSEE — Lawmakers during this year’s legislative session eliminated grants that help students at some private colleges pay tuition and got rid of an annual textbook stipend for Bright Futures scholarship recipients — but stopped short of upending the way the $650 million Bright Futures program is funded. Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, in February filed a proposal (SB 86) aimed at cutting Bright Futures aid for students in degree fields deemed by higher-education governing boards as unlikely to lead to employment. The legislation quickly sparked a public outcry led by a group, known...

College COVID-19 legal protections approved Ryan Dailey TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House on Wednesday passed a wide-ranging higher education bill that, in part, would protect colleges and universities from coronavirus-related lawsuits.  Sponsor Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, said the bill (HB 1261), passed in a 92-22 vote, “prioritizes students and families.” Some House Democrats who opposed the bill, however, expressed concerns about offering the legal protections. Under the proposal, public and private colleges and universities would be shielded from lawsuits stemming from campuses being sh...