After a law was passed in Florida that required some community colleges to provide free schooling for the homeless, there was an influx of mentally ill enrollees, perhaps attracted by money—up to $4,000 in Pell grants, guaranteed student loans and other financial aid. In one incident, two mentally disturbed students were forced off school grounds by police after they caused a disruption at the student financial aid office. One of them, according to campus security, had a criminal record and lived underneath Interstate 595, while the other had been known to occasionally disrupt his classes with loud, off-key singing. Another man was expelled for exposing himself in the library.

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