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Have
a grandparent who is a legal resident as defined in s. 1009.21(2)a., Florida
Statutes:
The term “grandparent”
means a person who has a legal relationship to a student’s parent as the
natural or adopted parent or legal guardian of the student’s parent.
The same residency
documentation that students provide to demonstrate Florida residency will be
required for the grandparent
The documents a
grandparent must provide under Florida law to prove residency must
demonstrate that the grandparent has established legal residence in this state
and must have maintained legal residence in this state for at least 12
consecutive months immediately prior to the grandchild’s initial enrollment in
an institution of higher education. Please
note that you will need to submit at least two documents, and at least one must be:
A
Florida voter’s registration card
Florida
driver's license
A
State of Florida identification card
A
Florida vehicle registration
Proof
of a permanent home in Florida, which is occupied as a primary residence by the
individual’s grandparent
Proof
of a homestead exemption in Florida
Proof
of permanent full-time employment in Florida for at least 30 hours per week for
a 12-month period
The student must:
Earn a high school diploma comparable to a
Florida standard high school diploma, or its equivalent, or completes a home
education program
Enroll as a full-time undergraduate student in the summer or fall term immediately following high school graduation and continuously enroll full-time every fall and spring term until the requirements for a bachelor's degree have been completed
The student must maintain continuous, full-time enrollment in each term to maintain waiver eligibility. Summer enrollment is not required to maintain eligibility for the waiver
And the student must achieve one of the following:
An SAT combined score no lower than the 89th
national percentile on the SAT
An ACT score concordant to the required SAT
score above, using the latest published national concordance table developed
jointly by the College Board and ACT, Inc.
A Classic Learning Test (CLT) score concordant
to the required SAT score specified above, using the latest published scoring
comparison developed by Classic Learning Initiatives if a state university
accepts the CLT for admission purposes