Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 996
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/09/2024           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Education (Burgess) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 854 - 877
    4  and insert:
    5         f. Proof of a homestead exemption in Florida.
    6         g. Transcripts from a Florida high school for multiple
    7  years if the Florida high school diploma or high school
    8  equivalency diploma was earned within the last 12 months.
    9         h. Proof of permanent full-time employment in Florida for
   10  at least 30 hours per week for a 12-month period.
   11         2. The documents may include one or more of the following:
   12         a. A declaration of domicile in Florida.
   13         b. A Florida professional or occupational license.
   14         c. Florida incorporation.
   15         d. A document evidencing family ties in Florida.
   16         e. Proof of membership in a Florida-based charitable or
   17  professional organization.
   18         f. Any other documentation that supports the student’s
   19  request for resident status, including, but not limited to,
   20  utility bills and proof of 12 consecutive months of payments; a
   21  lease agreement and proof of 12 consecutive months of payments;
   22  or an official state, federal, or court document evidencing
   23  legal ties to Florida.
   24         Section 17. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.23,
   25  Florida Statutes, to read:
   26         1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
   27         (22) Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, Miami Dade
   28  College, Polk State College, Tallahassee State College, and any
   29  other Florida College System institution pursuant to s.
   30  1000.21(5) are authorized to charge an amount not to exceed $290
   31  per credit hour for nonresident tuition and fees for distance
   32  learning. A Florida College System institution may phase in this
   33  nonresident tuition rate by degree program.
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   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete lines 70 - 74
   38  and insert:
   39         school year; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing that
   40         a specified method for a student to prove residency
   41         for tuition purposes is deemed a single, conclusive
   42         piece of evidence; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.;
   43         authorizing Florida College System institutions to
   44         charge a specified amount for nonresident tuition and
   45         fees for distance learning; amending s. 1009.98, F.S.;
   46         revising the