Florida Senate - 2017                                      SB 82
       
       
        
       By Senator Steube
       
       23-00212-17                                             201782__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to postsecondary education tuition and
    3         fee waivers; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; deleting a
    4         requirement that a state university, Florida College
    5         System institution, career center operated by a school
    6         district, or charter technical career center waive
    7         out-of-state fees for certain students, including
    8         certain undocumented students, who meet specified
    9         requirements; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 1009.26, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
   16         (12)(a) A state university, a Florida College System
   17  institution, a career center operated by a school district under
   18  s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career center shall waive
   19  out-of-state fees for students, including, but not limited to,
   20  students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes,
   21  who meet the following conditions:
   22         1. Attended a secondary school in this state for 3
   23  consecutive years immediately before graduating from a high
   24  school in this state;
   25         2. Apply for enrollment in an institution of higher
   26  education within 24 months after high school graduation; and
   27         3. Submit an official Florida high school transcript as
   28  evidence of attendance and graduation.
   29         (b) Tuition and fees charged to a student who qualifies for
   30  the out-of-state fee waiver under this subsection may not exceed
   31  the tuition and fees charged to a resident student. The waiver
   32  is applicable for 110 percent of the required credit hours of
   33  the degree or certificate program for which the student is
   34  enrolled. Each state university, Florida College System
   35  institution, career center operated by a school district under
   36  s. 1001.44, and charter technical career center shall report to
   37  the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education,
   38  respectively, the number and value of all fee waivers granted
   39  annually under this subsection. By October 1 of each year, the
   40  Board of Governors for the state universities and the State
   41  Board of Education for Florida College System institutions,
   42  career centers operated by a school district under s. 1001.44,
   43  and charter technical career centers shall annually report for
   44  the previous academic year the percentage of resident and
   45  nonresident students enrolled systemwide.
   46         (c) A state university student granted an out-of-state fee
   47  waiver under this subsection must be considered a nonresident
   48  student for purposes of calculating the systemwide total
   49  enrollment of nonresident students as limited by regulation of
   50  the Board of Governors. In addition, a student who is granted an
   51  out-of-state fee waiver under this subsection is not eligible
   52  for state financial aid under part III of this chapter and must
   53  not be reported as a resident for tuition purposes.
   54         (d) A state university, a Florida College System
   55  institution, a career center operated by a school district under
   56  s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career center shall, within
   57  the nonresident student enrollment systemwide, prioritize the
   58  enrollment of a veteran who is granted an out-of-state fee
   59  waiver pursuant to the Congressman C.W. “Bill” Young Tuition
   60  Waiver Act over a student who is granted an out-of-state fee
   61  waiver under this subsection.
   62         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.