Bright Futures Scholarship Program

Florida Bright Futures Award Amounts

• Florida Academic Scholars Award (FAS)
  • 100% tuition and fees, plus $600 per year
  • 132 credit hours
    
    
• Florida Medallion Scholars Award (FMS)
  • 75% tuition and fees at a university
  • 100% tuition and fees at a public community college
  • 132 credit hours
    
    
• Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars Award (GSV)
  • 75% tuition and fees
  • 90 credit hour length of program limit with option to move to Medallion award upon entering 3rd year
    
    

Florida Bright Futures Requirements

• Florida Academic Scholars Award
  • 3.5 weighted GPA in 15 core courses
    • 4 English
    • 3 Math (Algebra I and above)
    • 3 Social Studies
    • 3 Natural Science (2 with labs)
    • 2 Foreign language (same language)
      
      
  • GPA based on highest grades in required courses (may include other academic units to raise GPA) *may use up to 4 additional credits from courses in academic areas listed above and/or AP or 1B fine arts courses to raise GPA.
    
    
  • 75 community service hours
    
    
  • 1270 SAT score or 28 ACT score
    
    
• Florida Medallion Scholars Award
  • 3.0 weighted GPA in 15 core courses
    • 4 English
    • 3 Math (Algebra I and above)
    • 3 Social Studies
    • 3 Science (2 with labs)
    • 2 Foreign language (same language)
      
      
  • GPA based on highest grades in required courses (may include other academic units to raise GPA) *may use up to 4 additional credits from courses in academic areas listed above and/or AP or 1B fine arts courses to raise GPA.
    
    
  • 970 SAT score or 20 ACT score
    
    
  • 2.75 College GPA for renewal
    
    
    
• Gold Seal Vocational Scholars Award
  • 3.5 unweighted GPA in sequential program of Gold Seal courses
  • 3.0 weighted GPA in 15.5 credits required for graduation
    • 4 English
    • 3 Math
    • 3 Social Studies
    • 3 Science
    • 1/2 credit in Life Management Skills
    • 1/2 credit in Personal Fitness
    • 1 Vocational/Practical Art or 1/2 credit in each
    • 1/2 credit in Physical Education
      
      
  • SAT: 440 verbal/440 math*
  • ACT: 18R, 17E, 19M*
  • CPT: 83 RC, 83 SS, 72 ALG*

  *Note: All Gold Seal candidates must meet one of the three test requirements

For more Bright Futures Scholarship information, download the current Bright Futures Scholarship Program brochure* and visit the Florida Department of Education's Bright Futures web page.

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