Senate Bill 1248

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1248

    By Senator Kurth





    15-343A-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to college tuition fees;

  3         amending s. 110.1099, F.S.; providing

  4         conditions under which a state employee may

  5         participate in a work-related tuition waiver

  6         course; amending s. 240.1201, F.S.; allowing

  7         certain retired military personnel and their

  8         dependents to be classified as residents for

  9         tuition purposes; 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.  Subsection (1) of section 110.1099, Florida

14  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

15         110.1099  Education and training opportunities for

16  state employees.--

17         (1)  Education and training are an integral component

18  in improving the delivery of services to the public.

19  Recognizing that the application of productivity-enhancing

20  technology and practice demand continuous educational and

21  training opportunities, state employees may be authorized to

22  receive fundable tuition waivers on a space-available basis or

23  vouchers to attend work-related courses at public

24  universities. Student credit hours generated by state employee

25  fee waivers shall be fundable credit hours. A state employee

26  who attempts to register for a work-related tuition waiver

27  course must be allowed to take the course even when the course

28  is classified as closed if the professor authorizes an

29  override for the employee to participate in the course.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1248
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  1         Section 2.  Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (10)

  2  of section 240.1201, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to

  3  read:

  4         240.1201  Determination of resident status for tuition

  5  purposes.--Students shall be classified as residents or

  6  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition fees in

  7  public community colleges and universities.

  8         (10)  The following persons shall be classified as

  9  residents for tuition purposes:

10         (l)  Any person residing in this state who is a retired

11  member of the Armed Forces of the United States or is the

12  spouse or dependent child of such person but who has

13  maintained his or her residence in this state for less than 1

14  year.

15         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

16  law.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Authorizes state employees to participate in work-related
      tuition waiver courses under special conditions. Allows
21    retired military personnel, their spouses, and their
      dependent children to be classified as residents for
22    college tuition purposes without waiting for 12 months.

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