FGCU campus. Credit: WINK News. Students are worried and frustrated because Florida lawmakers are approving the first steps to change the Bright Futures scholarships. Proposed changes to Bright Futures would affect students who might not have a clear path to their future. Florida Senate Republicans want to update Bright Futures by granting scholarship money to students who get college credit in high school and reduce money for students who pursue majors the state decides don’t lead directly to employment. MORE: SB 86: Student Financial Aid (PDF) Florida Democrats don’t like those ideas and neither do the more than 70 students and parents and teachers who went to Tallahassee Tuesday. Submit Copyright ©2024 Fort Myers Broadcasting. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without prior written consent.