| 1 | Representative(s) Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (721583) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 463 and 464 insert: |
| 5 | Section 11. Subsection (11) of section 1009.21, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (12) and a new subsection |
| 7 | (11) is added to said section to read: |
| 8 | 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition |
| 9 | purposes; exemption.--Students shall be classified as residents |
| 10 | or nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in |
| 11 | community colleges and state universities. |
| 12 | (11) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the |
| 13 | meaning of 8 U.S.C. s. 1101(a)(15), who meets all of the |
| 14 | following requirements may apply for an exemption from paying |
| 15 | nonresident tuition at community colleges and state |
| 16 | universities: |
| 17 | (a) The student has resided in Florida with a parent, as |
| 18 | defined in paragraph (1)(f), for at least 3 consecutive years |
| 19 | immediately preceding the date the student received a high |
| 20 | school diploma or its equivalent and has attended a Florida high |
| 21 | school for at least 3 consecutive school years during such time. |
| 22 | (b) The student has registered and enrolled in a community |
| 23 | college or a state university. The student may apply for a term |
| 24 | deferral of any out-of-state fee assessed by the institution |
| 25 | until eligibility for the exemption is determined. |
| 26 | (c) The student has provided the community college or |
| 27 | state university an affidavit stating that the student will file |
| 28 | an application to become a permanent resident of the United |
| 29 | States at the earliest opportunity he or she is eligible to do |
| 30 | so. |
| 31 | (d) The student has submitted an application for the |
| 32 | exemption to the community college or state university in the |
| 33 | manner prescribed by the Department of Education. |
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| 35 | The exemption authorized pursuant to this subsection shall be |
| 36 | limited to the top 2,000 students in academic performance in |
| 37 | Florida high schools who register and enroll at a community |
| 38 | college or state university under the exemption. The Department |
| 39 | of Education shall administer the exemption program and shall |
| 40 | develop an application form and guidelines for student |
| 41 | participation. The community college or state university shall |
| 42 | enter all application criteria submitted by the student into the |
| 43 | department's online database, in the manner and timeframe |
| 44 | prescribed by the department, for final determination by the |
| 45 | department of the student's eligibility to receive the |
| 46 | exemption. |
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| 49 | Remove line(s) 527 and 528 and insert: |
| 50 | computed into the survey of need for facilities; amending s. |
| 51 | 1009.21, F.S.; providing eligibility criteria for certain |
| 52 | students who are not permanent residents of the United States |
| 53 | for exemption from payment of nonresident tuition; limiting |
| 54 | enrollment; requiring the Department of Education to administer |
| 55 | the exemption program; providing an effective date. |