PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on June 27 that would alter the requirements for Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program to take into consideration qualifying work experience for applicants and put a college education within reach of more students.
“I am a big believer in higher education,” he said at a press conference in Hillsborough County, where he formally signed HB 461.
HB 461 adds to the existing program a provision that will allow for work hours to be counted instead of community service hours, something the governor said disenfranchised a lot of students who were faced with helping their families financially….