Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program includes the following: Academic Scholar’s Award, Top Scholar’s Award, the Florida Merit Scholar’s Award and the Florida Gold Seal Vocational Award. The program recognizes academic and vocational achievements of high school students who complete a sequence of courses in a vocational job preparatory program. To qualify for the Florida Gold Seal Scholarship Award, students must:

• Complete a minimum of three sequential courses in the eligible vocational program
• Graduate on time
• Earn an overall unweighted GPA of 3.0
• Earn a 3.5 GPA in the vocational program
• Demonstrate mastery of the basic skills
• Demonstrate mastery of employability skills
• Pass an assessment evaluation of vocational occupational skills