HB 0031 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Education K-20 recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to student financial assistance;
12	prohibiting certain funds from being used to provide
13	financial assistance to certain postsecondary education
14	students who are citizens of specified countries;
15	requiring the reallocation of funds to certain students;
16	providing nonapplicability to certain persons; providing
17	an effective date.
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
22	the contrary, no funds from general revenue, the lottery, or
23	financial aid fee revenues shall be used to provide student
24	financial assistance in the form of scholarships, fellowships,
25	grants, loans, tuition or fee waivers, or other financial
26	assistance to any nonresident alien student who is enrolled in a
27	Florida public postsecondary educational institution and who is
28	a citizen of any country that is identified by the United States
29	Department of State as terrorist or supporting terrorism. For
30	purposes of this act, nonresident alien student means a
31	nonimmigrant student who is not a citizen or national of the
32	United States and who has been admitted to the United States
33	temporarily for a specific purpose in either the F-1 or M-1 visa
34	categories and who is admitted for duration of status and does
35	not have the right to remain in this country indefinitely. A
36	student’s country of citizenship shall be determined at the time
37	of a student’s enrollment. A nonresident alien student who has
38	been determined ineligible pursuant to the provisions of this
39	section shall remain ineligible for such assistance while
40	enrolled in a Florida public postsecondary educational
41	institution. However, if a student’s country of citizenship is
42	removed from the United States Department of State list of
43	identified countries, such student shall become eligible for
44	student financial assistance pursuant to the provisions of this
45	section.
46	Section 2. The amount of student financial assistance
47	provided by Florida public postsecondary educational
48	institutions to students specified in section 1 of this act
49	during fiscal year 2001-2002 from general revenue, lottery
50	funds, or financial aid fee revenues shall be reallocated by the
51	institutions to eligible students who are both United States
52	citizens and Florida residents.
53	Section 3. This act shall not apply to a nonresident of
54	the state who is eligible to apply for residence under the Cuban
55	Adjustment Act of 1966, Pub. L. No. 89-732.
56	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.