Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 554
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/12/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Cruz) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 33 - 43
    4  and insert:
    5  veteran enrolled in a program of education approved for
    6  educational assistance under 38 U.S.C. 3313, at a state
    7  university, a Florida College System institution, a career
    8  center operated by a school district under s. 1001.44, or a
    9  charter technical career center who does not qualify for the 100
   10  percent eligibility tier under federal law is eligible to
   11  receive a waiver for tuition and fees. The waiver amount is
   12  equal to the difference between the portion of tuition and fees
   13  paid in accordance with federal law and the full amount of
   14  tuition and fees at the institution attended. The amount awarded
   15  by the state is not to be determined until after the application
   16  of federal benefits under 38 U.S.C. 3313.
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   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Delete line 8
   21  and insert:
   22         institutions; providing a calculation for waiver
   23         amounts; requiring the amount awarded by the state to
   24         be contingent on the application of specified federal
   25         benefits; requiring certain institutions to submit