Bill Text: FL H0055 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Postsecondary Student Fees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0055 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0055-Introduced.html

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HB 55

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to postsecondary student fees; creating s.
3	1009.215, F.S.; providing an exemption from payment of
4	nonresident tuition at a state university or a Florida
5	College System institution for an undocumented student who
6	meets specified requirements; requiring the Board of
7	Governors of the State University System to adopt
8	regulations and the State Board of Education to adopt
9	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 1009.215, Florida Statutes, is created
14	to read:
15	1009.215  Nonresident tuition exemption.-
16	(1)  Beginning with the 2011 fall term, an undocumented
17	student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of 8
18	U.S.C. s. 1101(a)(15), is exempt from paying nonresident tuition
19	at a state university or a Florida College System institution if
20	the 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)  Files an affidavit with the state university or the
29	Florida College System institution stating that the student has
30	filed an application to legalize his or her immigration status
31	or will file an application as soon as he or she is eligible to
32	do so.
33	(2)  The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations and the
34	State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement the
35	nonresident tuition exemption provided in this section.
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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