More than half of Florida’s Hispanic and black students at state universities currently eligible for the state’s Bright Futures college scholarship would no longer qualify when new standards take effect on July 1, according to a University of South Florida analysis obtained by the Florida College Access Network.
By comparison, about 40 percent of white and Asian students at state universities would no longer be eligible for the scholarship.
The minimum SAT and ACT scores required to eligible for the merit-based scholarships is increasing.
