@amsunshine I don’t think that the Benacquisto will be defunded while the current kids are there (hopefully!), but the Gator Nation scholarship is $20K which basically would make him have to pay about what an in-state student pays. It would be better than no scholarship, but obviously not as good as the Benacquisto. I believe that if the Benacquisto were to be defunded and that UF did not grandfather in current students, then yes, the students would have to pay the full price unless they had another scholarship (in this case, the Gator Nation).
This is just my understanding of how it would work. I did speak to someone at UF who said to accept all offered scholarships and while they do not stack, the student could stay eligible for one scholarship even if they lost eligibility for the other (requirements are slightly different), hence the “back up”. She also said that they don’t anticipate the Benacquisto being defunded for OOS students, but she did not guarantee that and also did not guarantee that UF would grandfather the current students in.
Sorry this is so wordy–I hope it makes sense.