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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to student financial assistance; | ||
| 3 | prohibiting state funds from being used to provide | ||
| 4 | financial assistance to certain postsecondary education | ||
| 5 | students who are citizens of specified countries; | ||
| 6 | requiring the amount of funds used for such purpose in | ||
| 7 | fiscal year 2001-2002 to be allocated annually to the | ||
| 8 | Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; providing an | ||
| 9 | effective date. | ||
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 13 | Section 1.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to | ||
| 14 | the contrary, no funds from general revenue, the lottery, or | ||
| 15 | financial aid fee revenues shall be used to provide student | ||
| 16 | financial assistance in the form of scholarships, fellowships, | ||
| 17 | grants, loans, tuition or fee waivers, or other financial | ||
| 18 | assistance to any nonresident alien student who is enrolled in a | ||
| 19 | Florida public postsecondary educational institution and who is | ||
| 20 | a citizen of any country that is identified by the United States | ||
| 21 | Department of State as terrorist or supporting terrorism. A | ||
| 22 | student’s country of citizenship shall be determined at the time | ||
| 23 | of a student’s enrollment. A nonresident alien student who has | ||
| 24 | been determined ineligible pursuant to the provisions of this | ||
| 25 | section shall remain ineligible for such assistance while | ||
| 26 | enrolled in a Florida public postsecondary educational | ||
| 27 | institution. However, if a student’s country of citizenship is | ||
| 28 | removed from the United States Department of State list of | ||
| 29 | identified countries, such student shall become eligible for | ||
| 30 | student financial assistance pursuant to the provisions of this | ||
| 31 | section. | ||
| 32 | Section 2.The amount of state-funded student financial | ||
| 33 | assistance provided by Florida public postsecondary educational | ||
| 34 | institutions to students specified in section 1 of this act | ||
| 35 | during fiscal year 2001-2002 shall be allocated annually for | ||
| 36 | fiscal year 2003-2004 and each subsequent fiscal year to the | ||
| 37 | Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Such funds shall not | ||
| 38 | be used to replace current-level funding for the Florida Bright | ||
| 39 | Futures Scholarship Program, but shall be supplemental funds. | ||
| 40 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||
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