Florida's popular Bright Futures scholarship program may suffer big cuts at the same time students are facing rapidly rising tuition at state universities. (Getty Images) Bright Futures students could see cut in funds next year

The program's exploding costs, and the loss of $100 million in federal funding, have many questioning whether taxpayers should continue to foot the bill.

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