Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-20 - STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE › Section 6A-20.060 - Nursing Scholarship Program Application

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
A scholarship award shall be made to an eligible nursing
				  student who submits:
(1) A completed
				Nursing Student Scholarship Application, NSI, effective February 2016, (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06386
)
				no later than thirty (30) days after enrolling for the first semester or
				quarter of nursing school attendance. The Nursing Student Scholarship
				Application is incorporated by reference and is available from the Department
				of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314, Tallahassee, Florida
				32399-0400.
(2) A signed and dated
				Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement, NS2, effective February 2016, (
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06387
)
				which is incorporated by reference and available from the Department of
				Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400.
				The department must receive the Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement no later
				than sixty (60) days after enrollment in the first semester or quarter of
				nursing school attendance. The Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement will be
				mailed to approved scholarship recipients by the department.
(3) The department shall provide additional
				time to enroll in a nursing program, if it finds extraordinary circumstances
				prevented a recipient from enrolling in nursing school for the semester or
				quarter indicated on the application. Extraordinary circumstances are:
				recipient chronic illness, injury or disease, supported by attending
				physician's statement; chronic illness, injury, disease or death of a
				recipient's immediate family member, supported by attending physician's
				statement. Immediate family members of recipient include: spouse, children,
				parents, brother, sister.
(4)
				Notice of scholarship award and payment: Within ten (10) working days of the
				selection of nursing scholars, the department shall inform scholars in writing
				of their selection. Within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the notice
				of the scholarship award, the scholars must return a notarized affidavit and
				grant agreement agreeing to the required period of service in a medically
				underserved area.
(5) Upon receipt
				of the signed Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement, NS2 and proof of
				registration as a full-time student in an approved nursing program, the
				department shall submit an invoice for payment of one half of the total annual
				award to the scholar.
(6) Payment
				of subsequent amounts will require continued proof of full-time enrollment in
				the nursing program and proof of continued satisfactory academic standing and
				progress.
(7) Payment shall not
				exceed $8, 000 for undergraduate and $12, 000 for graduate nursing studies in
				any academic year.
(8) Scholarship
				recipients must begin the full-time employment service obligation no later than
				three (3) months after receiving Florida licensure or certification and no
				later than twelve (12) months after graduating from nursing school. Eligible
				health care facilities are county-, state- or federally-operated medical or
				health care facilities, colleges of nursing in state universities and the
				Florida College System institution nursing programs, family practice teaching
				hospitals as defined in Section
				395.805, F.S., or specialty
				children's hospitals as described in Section
				409.9119, F.S.
(9) The department shall provide additional
				time for repayment if the department determines that circumstances beyond the
				control of the recipient caused or contributed to the default. Circumstances
				that will be considered beyond the control of the recipient are: recipient
				chronic illness, injury or disease, supported by attending physician's
				statement; recipient dismemberment or death, supported by attending physician's
				statement or certified copy of death certificate; chronic illness, injury
				disease or death of a recipient's immediate family member, supported by
				attending physician's statement. Immediate family members of recipient include:
				spouse, children, parents, brother, sister. In the case of the death of a
				recipient, the recipient's surviving family or estate will not be responsible
				for the scholarship repayment.
Rulemaking Authority
					 1009.67(6) FS.
					 Law Implemented 1009.67
					 FS.
New 3-10-02, Formerly
					 64E-24.001, Amended
					 2-9-16.