{"id":2730,"date":"2011-11-02T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T16:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2011-11-03T00:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T04:45:00","slug":"new-florida-scholarship-requirement-prompts-indentity-theft-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2011\/11\/02\/new-florida-scholarship-requirement-prompts-indentity-theft-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"New Florida Scholarship Requirement Prompts Identity Theft Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Florida Department of Education<\/p>

A parent is asking Gov. Rick Scott to reconsider a new state law requiring Bright Futures recipients submit a federal financial aid application.<\/p><\/div>\n

Why should a student need a parent to fill out a financial aid application to renew a merit-based scholarship if the student pays for his or her education?<\/p>\n

And why should a parent put their personal information at risk if they receive no benefit from the scholarship?<\/p>\n

That’s what Palm Beach County resident John Loeffler is asking in a letter he wrote to Gov. Rick Scott last week.<\/p>\n

“It’s kind of crazy, it doesn’t make sense,” Loeffler said.<\/p>\n

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Loeffler’s daughter is studying engineering at the University of Florida and needs to renew her Bright Futures<\/a> scholarship.<\/p>\n

As we reported earlier this year<\/a>, renewing the scholarship now requires submitting a Free Application for Federal Student Aid<\/a>. The requirement was added to a 71-page bill<\/a>, now law, raising Bright Futures eligibility.<\/p>\n

In a letter last week, Loeffler asked Scott to consider issuing an executive order that would halt Bright Futures from gathering the information.<\/p>\n

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