Bill Text: FL S1148 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Postsecondary Student Fees [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-26 - Read 3rd time -SJ 00816; Amendment(s) adopted (345600) -SJ 00816; Substituted CS/HB 1363 -SJ 00816; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1363 (Ch. 2010-68) -SJ 00816 [S1148 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1148-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1148 
        
       By the Committee on Higher Education; and Senator Rich 
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to postsecondary student fees; 
    3         amending s. 1009.25, F.S.; clarifying an exemption 
    4         from fee requirements provided for a student who is or 
    5         was at the time he or she reached 18 years of age in 
    6         the custody of a relative under the Relative Caregiver 
    7         Program or who was adopted from the Department of 
    8         Children and Family Services after a specified date; 
    9         providing that such exemption includes fees associated 
   10         with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction and 
   11         the completion of the college-level communication and 
   12         computation skills testing program; providing that the 
   13         exemption remains valid for 4 years after the date of 
   14         graduation from high school; providing an effective 
   15         date. 
   16   
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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   19         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1009.25, Florida 
   20  Statutes, is amended to read: 
   21         1009.25 Fee exemptions.— 
   22         (2) The following students are exempt from the payment of 
   23  tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district that 
   24  provides postsecondary career programs, community college, or 
   25  state university: 
   26         (a) A student enrolled in a dual enrollment or early 
   27  admission program pursuant to s. 1007.27 or s. 1007.271. 
   28         (b) A student enrolled in an approved apprenticeship 
   29  program, as defined in s. 446.021. 
   30         (c) A student who is or was at the time he or she reached 
   31  18 years of age in the custody of the Department of Children and 
   32  Family Services or a relative under s. 39.5085, who is adopted 
   33  from the Department of Children and Family Services after May 5, 
   34  1997, or who, after spending at least 6 months in the custody of 
   35  the department after reaching 16 years of age, was placed in a 
   36  guardianship by the court. Such exemption includes fees 
   37  associated with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction and 
   38  completion of the college-level communication and computation 
   39  skills testing program. Such an exemption is available to any 
   40  student who was in the custody of a relative under s. 39.5085 at 
   41  the time he or she reached 18 years of age or was adopted from 
   42  the Department of Children and Family Services after May 5, 
   43  1997; however, the exemption remains valid for no more than 4 
   44  years after the date of graduation from high school. 
   45         (d) A student who is or was at the time he or she reached 
   46  18 years of age in the custody of a relative under s. 39.5085 or 
   47  who was adopted from the Department of Children and Family 
   48  Services after May 5, 1997. Such exemption includes fees 
   49  associated with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction and 
   50  completion of the college-level communication and computation 
   51  skills testing program. The exemption remains valid for 4 years 
   52  after the date of graduation from high school. 
   53         (e)(d) A student enrolled in an employment and training 
   54  program under the welfare transition program. The regional 
   55  workforce board shall pay the state university, community 
   56  college, or school district for costs incurred for welfare 
   57  transition program participants. 
   58         (f)(e) A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate 
   59  nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is a 
   60  public or private shelter designed to provide temporary 
   61  residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or a 
   62  public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, 
   63  a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. 
   64         (g)(f) A student who is a proprietor, owner, or worker of a 
   65  company whose business has been at least 50 percent negatively 
   66  financially impacted by the buy-out of property around Lake 
   67  Apopka by the State of Florida. Such a student may receive a fee 
   68  exemption only if the student has not received compensation 
   69  because of the buy-out, the student is designated a Florida 
   70  resident for tuition purposes, pursuant to s. 1009.21, and the 
   71  student has applied for and been denied financial aid, pursuant 
   72  to s. 1009.40, which would have provided, at a minimum, payment 
   73  of all student fees. The student is responsible for providing 
   74  evidence to the postsecondary education institution verifying 
   75  that the conditions of this paragraph have been met, including 
   76  supporting support documentation provided by the Department of 
   77  Revenue. The student must be currently enrolled in, or begin 
   78  coursework within, a program area by fall semester 2000. The 
   79  exemption is valid for a period of 4 years after from the date 
   80  that the postsecondary education institution confirms that the 
   81  conditions of this paragraph have been met. 
   82         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.