| 1 | The Committee on Appropriations recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to postsecondary student fees; amending s. |
| 7 | 1009.21, F.S.; classifying as residents for tuition |
| 8 | purposes certain active duty members of a foreign nation's |
| 9 | military and certain employees of international |
| 10 | multilateral organizations; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.; |
| 11 | providing an exemption from payment of nonresident tuition |
| 12 | at community colleges and state universities for certain |
| 13 | students meeting eligibility criteria; providing an |
| 14 | effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Paragraphs (k) and (l) are added to subsection |
| 19 | (10) of section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 20 | 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition |
| 21 | purposes.--Students shall be classified as residents or |
| 22 | nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in community |
| 23 | colleges and state universities. |
| 24 | (10) The following persons shall be classified as |
| 25 | residents for tuition purposes: |
| 26 | (k) Active duty members of a foreign nation's military |
| 27 | serving as liaison officers and residing or stationed in this |
| 28 | state, and their spouses and dependent children, attending a |
| 29 | community college or state university within 50 miles of the |
| 30 | military establishment where they are stationed. |
| 31 | (l) Full-time employees of international multilateral |
| 32 | organizations based in Florida that are recognized by the United |
| 33 | States Department of State and their spouses and dependent |
| 34 | children. |
| 35 | Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 1009.25, |
| 36 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 37 | 1009.25 Fee exemptions.-- |
| 38 | (4) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the |
| 39 | meaning of 8 U.S.C. s. 1101(a)(15), who meets all of the |
| 40 | following requirements shall be exempt from paying nonresident |
| 41 | tuition at community colleges and state universities: |
| 42 | (a) Has resided in Florida with a parent as defined in s. |
| 43 | 1009.21(1)(d) for at least 3 consecutive years immediately |
| 44 | preceding the date the student received a high school diploma or |
| 45 | its equivalent and has attended a Florida high school for at |
| 46 | least 3 consecutive school years during such time. |
| 47 | (b) Has provided to a community college or a state |
| 48 | university an affidavit stating that the student will file an |
| 49 | application to become a permanent resident of the United States |
| 50 | at the earliest opportunity he or she is eligible to do so. |
| 51 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |