| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to postsecondary education course |
| 3 | registration for veterans; creating s. 1004.075, F.S.; |
| 4 | requiring certain Florida College System institutions |
| 5 | and state universities to provide priority course |
| 6 | registration for veterans; providing eligibility |
| 7 | requirements; creating s. 1005.09, F.S.; encouraging |
| 8 | certain independent postsecondary educational |
| 9 | institutions to provide priority course registration |
| 10 | for veterans; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Section 1004.075, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 15 | to read: |
| 16 | 1004.075 Priority course registration for veterans.-Each |
| 17 | Florida College System institution and state university that |
| 18 | offers priority course registration for a segment of the student |
| 19 | population, or upon implementation of priority course |
| 20 | registration for a segment of the student population, shall |
| 21 | provide priority course registration for each veteran of the |
| 22 | United States Armed Forces who is receiving GI Bill educational |
| 23 | benefits or for the spouse or dependent children of the veteran |
| 24 | to whom the GI Bill educational benefits have been transferred. |
| 25 | Each eligible veteran, or his or her spouse or dependent |
| 26 | children, shall be granted priority for course registration |
| 27 | until the expiration of the GI Bill educational benefits. |
| 28 | Section 2. Section 1005.09, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 29 | to read: |
| 30 | 1005.09 Priority course registration for veterans.-Each |
| 31 | independent postsecondary educational institution that is under |
| 32 | the jurisdiction of the commission or is exempt from the |
| 33 | jurisdiction of the commission which offers priority course |
| 34 | registration for a segment of the student population, or upon |
| 35 | implementation of priority course registration for a segment of |
| 36 | the student population, is encouraged to provide priority course |
| 37 | registration for each veteran of the United States Armed Forces, |
| 38 | or his or her spouse or dependent children, who is receiving GI |
| 39 | Bill educational benefits, in accordance with s. 1004.075. |
| 40 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |