| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to resident status for tuition |
| 3 | purposes; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; classifying as |
| 4 | residents for tuition purposes certain dependent |
| 5 | children who meet requirements relating to high school |
| 6 | attendance, timely enrollment in an institution of |
| 7 | higher education, and submission of the high school |
| 8 | transcript; requiring the State Board of Education to |
| 9 | adopt rules and the Board of Governors of the State |
| 10 | University System to adopt regulations; providing an |
| 11 | effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (10) of |
| 16 | section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, and subsection (13) of that |
| 17 | section is amended, to read: |
| 18 | 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition |
| 19 | purposes.-Students shall be classified as residents or |
| 20 | nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in |
| 21 | postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical |
| 22 | career centers or career centers operated by school districts, |
| 23 | in Florida College System institutions, and in state |
| 24 | universities. |
| 25 | (10) The following persons shall be classified as |
| 26 | residents for tuition purposes: |
| 27 | (l) A dependent child who is a United States citizen, a |
| 28 | lawful permanent resident, or a qualified legal alien whose |
| 29 | parent is not a United States citizen, a lawful permanent |
| 30 | resident, or a qualified legal alien and who attends a Florida |
| 31 | high school for 4 consecutive years, enrolls in an institution |
| 32 | of higher education within 12 months after graduating from a |
| 33 | Florida high school, and submits to the institution of higher |
| 34 | education his or her high school transcript prior to initial |
| 35 | enrollment in the institution. |
| 36 | (13) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and |
| 37 | the Board of Governors shall adopt regulations rules to |
| 38 | implement this section. |
| 39 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |