Free railpass to help with art & language study in Florence?

From Karen: “I'll be heading to Florence for art and language classes during July and August. I plan to travel throughout Europe during September. I’m using your site to loosely plan my Sept. travels but I don’t have an itinerary yet.
“Being that I’m 30, I expect to have about a decade on my fellow students/travelers. Being that I’m a [starving] artist, a free Eurail pass would be a big help!!”