| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to tuition waivers; providing a short |
| 3 | title; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring state |
| 4 | universities and community colleges to waive a percentage |
| 5 | of the in-state tuition rate for veterans; providing a |
| 6 | definition; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Veterans' Tuition |
| 11 | Assistance Act." |
| 12 | Section 2. Subsection (10) is added to section 1009.26, |
| 13 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 14 | 1009.26 Fee waivers.-- |
| 15 | (10) A state university or community college shall waive |
| 16 | 50 percent of the in-state tuition rate for a veteran who |
| 17 | enrolls as a full-time, part-time, or summer-school student in |
| 18 | any vocational or career education course, undergraduate course, |
| 19 | or graduate course. For the purpose of this subsection, |
| 20 | "veteran" is defined as a person who currently serves, or who |
| 21 | has served and was discharged under honorable conditions, in |
| 22 | active military service during one of the periods of wartime |
| 23 | service as defined by the United States Department of Veterans |
| 24 | Affairs. |
| 25 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |