Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1122
       
       
        
       By Senator Gainer
       
       
       
       
       
       2-01041-22                                            20221122__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to student fees; amending s. 1009.22,
    3         F.S.; authorizing a district school board or Florida
    4         College System institution board of trustees, in
    5         consultation with specified entities, to implement a
    6         plan for a differential out-of-state fee; providing
    7         the purpose of the plan; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.;
    8         authorizing a Florida College System institution board
    9         of trustees, in consultation with specified entities,
   10         to implement a plan for a differential out-of-state
   11         fee; providing the purpose of the plan; providing an
   12         effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1009.22, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees.—
   19         (4)(a) A district school board or Florida College System
   20  institution board of trustees that has a service area that
   21  borders another state may implement a plan for a differential
   22  out-of-state fee.
   23         (b) A district school board or Florida College System
   24  institution board of trustees, in consultation with regional
   25  workforce and economic development organizations, may implement
   26  a plan for a differential out-of-state fee for the purpose of
   27  recruiting students into programs of study identified as
   28  necessary to address unmet current and future workforce needs in
   29  the region.
   30         Section 2. Present paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of
   31  section 1009.23, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
   32  (c), and a new paragraph (b) is added to that subsection, to
   33  read:
   34         1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
   35         (6)
   36         (b) A Florida College System institution board of trustees,
   37  in consultation with regional workforce and economic development
   38  organizations, may implement a plan for a differential out-of
   39  state fee for the purpose of recruiting students into programs
   40  of study identified as necessary to address unmet current and
   41  future workforce needs in the region.
   42         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.