A Bright Futures scholarship can cover up to 100% of your tuition at a Florida public college or university, worth as much as $25,000. Earning it comes down to grades, test scores, and hours: volunteer service or, now, paid work. Most students who chase it do the hard part. They show up. They put in the time.
And then, too often, the paperwork costs them the credit. That's the problem BrightLog was built to fix.
The work isn't the hard part. Keeping the proof is.
Talk to any Florida family who has been through this and you'll hear the same stories:
- A printed spreadsheet of hours that has to survive, unlost, for years.
- Driving back across town to track down a signature on a crumpled paper from last summer's manager.
- A counselor handing it all back: "Sorry, we'll need this on official letterhead before we can submit it."
None of that is about whether the student did the work. They did. It's about whether the proof was collected the right way, at the right time, in the right format. That's a paperwork problem, and paperwork problems are solvable.
What we believe
You're already doing the work. You shouldn't lose the credit to a logistics failure.
A student who volunteers all summer or works a real job deserves to have those hours counted, not rejected on a technicality six months later when there's no time left to fix it. The rules are strict and they vary by district, but they're knowable. Once you know them, getting hours accepted should be simple, not stressful.
That belief is the whole reason BrightLog exists.
How BrightLog helps: Log, Verify, Submit
We built the product around three steps, the same three steps every Florida student has to clear:
- Log. Pick your district and enter your volunteer or paid hours. Working a job? Snap a photo of your pay stub and our AI pulls the hours for you, then discards the image.
- Verify. Send a one-tap request to your supervisor or manager. They sign digitally, no app and no account needed. For districts that require letterhead, like Duval, St. Johns, Seminole, and Sarasota, BrightLog drafts the letter for them to put on their letterhead and sign.
- Submit. Download a clean, organized report with the supporting documents your guidance counselor expects, and hand it in.
It's the difference between hoping your shoebox of papers holds up and knowing your hours are tracked, verified, and ready.
Who we are
BrightLog is built and operated by Solo Labs LLC, and it's proudly made in Florida for Florida students. We currently support districts across the state and add more as we go.
One thing we want to be upfront about: we're an independent tool, not affiliated with the Florida Department of Education or any school district, and we don't decide whether your hours are accepted. Your district, your counselor, and the Florida Department of Education do that. Our job is to make sure that when you hand your hours over, they're complete, properly verified, and in the format your counselor is looking for, so the decision comes down to the work you actually did.
The bottom line
Bright Futures rewards students who show up and put in the hours. We just make sure the paperwork keeps up with the effort, so the scholarship you earned is the scholarship you keep.
Log it. Sign it. Submit it. Get started with BrightLog.