Bill Text: FL S0062 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Resident Status for Tuition Purposes
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-07-10 - Veto Message referred to Rules [S0062 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S0062-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Resident Status for Tuition Purposes
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2024-07-10 - Veto Message referred to Rules [S0062 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S0062-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SB 62 By Senator Osgood 32-00091-24 202462__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to resident status for tuition 3 purposes; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing that an 4 individual who has been incarcerated or released from 5 incarceration within a specified 12-month period may 6 use expired documentation to establish residency for 7 tuition purposes; providing that a person may not lose 8 his or her resident status for tuition purposes due to 9 incarceration; providing that the legal residence of 10 an individual before incarceration is prima facie 11 evidence of the individual’s legal residence; 12 providing an effective date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 16 Section 1. Present subsections (4) through (13) of section 17 1009.21, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6) 18 through (15), respectively, new subsections (4) and (5) are 19 added to that section, and paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of 20 that section is amended, to read: 21 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition 22 purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or 23 nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in 24 postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical 25 career centers or career centers operated by school districts, 26 in Florida College System institutions, and in state 27 universities. 28 (3) 29 (c) Each institution of higher education shall 30 affirmatively determine that an applicant who has been granted 31 admission to that institution as a Florida resident meets the 32 residency requirements of this section at the time of initial 33 enrollment. The residency determination must be documented by 34 the submission of written or electronic verification that 35 includes two or more of the documents identified in this 36 paragraph. No single piece of evidence shall be conclusive. 37 1. The documents must include at least one of the 38 following: 39 a. A Florida voter’s registration card. 40 b. A Florida driver license. 41 c. A State of Florida identification card. 42 d. A Florida vehicle registration. 43 e. Proof of a permanent home in Florida which is occupied 44 as a primary residence by the individual or by the individual’s 45 parent if the individual is a dependent child. 46 f. Proof of a homestead exemption in Florida. 47 g. Transcripts from a Florida high school for multiple 48 years if the Florida high school diploma or high school 49 equivalency diploma was earned within the last 12 months. 50 h. Proof of permanent full-time employment in Florida for 51 at least 30 hours per week for a 12-month period. 52 2. The documents may include one or more of the following: 53 a. A declaration of domicile in Florida. 54 b. A Florida professional or occupational license. 55 c. Florida incorporation. 56 d. A document evidencing family ties in Florida. 57 e. Proof of membership in a Florida-based charitable or 58 professional organization. 59 f. Any other documentation that supports the student’s 60 request for resident status, including, but not limited to, 61 utility bills and proof of 12 consecutive months of payments; a 62 lease agreement and proof of 12 consecutive months of payments; 63 or an official state, federal, or court document evidencing 64 legal ties to Florida. 65 3. With respect to an individual who is currently 66 incarcerated in a state or federal correctional facility in this 67 state or who has been released from such facility within the 12 68 months preceding the individual’s residency determination, 69 documentation that is provided to support the individual’s 70 request for resident status may be expired if he or she also 71 provides evidence of such incarceration within the last 12 72 months in this state. 73 (4) An individual may not lose his or her resident status 74 for tuition purposes solely by reason of incarceration in a 75 state or federal correctional facility in this state. 76 (5) The legal residence of an individual before his or her 77 incarceration in a state or federal correctional facility in 78 this state is prima facie evidence of the individual’s legal 79 residence, which evidence may be reinforced or rebutted by the 80 other evidence of legal residence required of or presented by 81 the individual pursuant to this section. With respect to an 82 individual who did not have legal residence in this state before 83 his or her incarceration in a state or federal correctional 84 facility in this state, legal residence may be established if 85 all of the following conditions are met: 86 (a) The individual was sentenced to a period of 87 incarceration of at least 3 years. 88 (b) The individual has served at least 18 months of the 89 sentence before his or her initial enrollment in an institution 90 of higher education. 91 (c) The individual provides documentation evidencing ties 92 to Florida. 93 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.