(1) Subject to approval by the Board of Governors, the University of Florida may plan and implement a student enrollment pilot program for the spring and summer terms for the purpose of aligning on-campus student enrollment and the availability of instructional facilities.

(2) The pilot program shall provide for a student cohort that is limited to on-campus enrollment during the spring and summer terms. Students in this cohort are not eligible for on-campus enrollment during the fall term.

1(3) Students who are enrolled in the pilot program and who are eligible to receive Bright Futures Scholarships under ss. 1009.53-1009.536 are eligible to receive the scholarship award for attendance during the spring and summer terms. This student cohort is also eligible to receive Bright Futures Scholarships during the fall term, which may be used for off-campus or online coursework, if Bright Futures Scholarship funding is provided by the Legislature for three terms for other eligible students during that academic year.

(4) By January 31, 2013, the University of Florida shall report to the Board of Governors, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding the result of the pilot program.

History.—s. 10, ch. 2011-63; s. 20, ch. 2012-134; ss. 12, 13, ch. 2018-10; s. 9, ch. 2019-103; ss. 4, 5, 115, ch. 2019-116.

1Note.—

A. Section 4, ch. 2019-116, amended subsection (3) “in order to implement Specific Appropriation 4 of the 2019-2020 General Appropriations Act.”

B. Section 5, ch. 2019-116, provides that “[t]he amendment to s. 1009.215(3), Florida Statutes, by this act expires July 1, 2020, and the text of that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2018, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.”

C. Section 115, ch. 2019-116, provides that “[i]f any other act passed during the 2019 Regular Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act.” Section 9, ch. 2019-103, amended subsection (3) using language substantively the same as the amendment to subsection (3) by s. 4, ch. 2019-116, and did not include a repeal provision.