To be eligible to receive one of the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Awards a student must complete a program of Community Service  work, as defined below,  that includes a minimum of hours:

FL Academic Scholarship – 100 hours 
FL Medallion Scholarship – 75 hours 
Gold Seal Vocational – 30 hours

Community Service Hours

Here is a form to use to document: Word version Download Word version or PDF version Download PDF version.  Once you fill up a form, please submit the form to Amy Futch at afutch@my.putnamschools.org to have posted to your Skyward record.  Retain a copy for your records.  Hours must be officially documented and posted to Skyward for transmission to Bright Futures.

The 2023 Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1537, which became Chapter 2023-39, Laws of Florida, upon the approval of Governor DeSantis on May 9, 2023. Included in the bill are the following modifications to initial eligibility requirements necessary for students to qualify for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program award that became effective July 1, 2023:

• Permitting students to combine volunteer service and paid work hours;

• Authorizing students to earn a concordant score on the Classic Learning Test (CLT) to meet the minimum test score requirement; and

• Revising the list of courses that receive additional weights for the purpose of calculating students' grade point averages (GPA) for BF purposes.

Service Hour Requirement:

Effective July 1, 2023, students graduating in the 2022-23 academic year and thereafter may satisfy the service hour requirement for a specific BF program by completing the statutory required number of volunteer service hours, 100 paid work hours, or a combination of both. The combination of volunteer service hours and paid work hours must equal a minimum of 100 total hours to fulfill the service hour requirement. Eligible paid work hours completed on or after June 27, 2022, may be included retroactively in the calculation of the student’s total paid work hours completed. Please ensure that all completed hours are included on students’ final transcripts.

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