HB 81

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to postsecondary student fees;
3	creating s. 1009.213, F.S.; providing an exemption
4	from payment of nonresident tuition at a state
5	university or a Florida College System institution for
6	a student who meets specified requirements; requiring
7	the Board of Governors of the State University System
8	to adopt regulations and the State Board of Education
9	to adopt rules; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Section 1009.213, Florida Statutes, is created
14	to read:
15	1009.213  Nonresident tuition exemption.-
16	(1)  Beginning with the 2012 fall term, a student, other
17	than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. s.
18	1101(a)(15), is exempt from paying nonresident tuition at a
19	state university or a Florida College System institution if the
20	student meets all of the following requirements:
21	(a)  Attended high school in the state for 3 or more years,
22	which need not be consecutive.
23	(b)  Graduated from a high school in the state or attained
24	a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to s. 1003.435.
25	(c)  Registered as an entering student or is currently
26	enrolled at a state university or a Florida College System
27	institution.
28	(d)  In the case of a student without lawful immigration
29	status, files an affidavit with the state university or the
30	Florida College System institution stating that the student has
31	filed an application to legalize his or her immigration status
32	or will file an application as soon as he or she is eligible to
33	do so.
34	(2)  The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations and the
35	State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement the
36	nonresident tuition exemption provided in this section.
37	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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