DeSantis Signs Bright Futures Bill to Expand Scholarship Access in Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education bill, flanked by elementary school students during a news conference at Classical Preparatory school in Shady Hills, Fla., on March 28, 2022. Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on June 27 that would alter the requirements for Florida’s Bright Futures Scholarship Program to take into consideration qualifying work experience for applicants and put a college education within reach of more students.

“I am a big believer in higher education,” he said at a press conference in Hillsborough County, where he formally signed HB 461.