HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 161
    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on Child & Family Security offered the
12  following:
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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 5, of the bill between lines 25 & 26
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18         Section 6.  Paragraph (a) of subsection 5 of s.
19  240,235, F.S., is amended to read:
20         240.235  Fees.--
21         (5)(a)  Any student for whom the state is paying a
22  foster care board payment pursuant to s. 409.145(3) or parts
23  II and III of chapter 39, for whom the permanency planning
24  goal pursuant to part III of chapter 39 is long-term foster
25  care or independent living, who is or was at the time he or
26  she reached 18 years of age in the custody of a relative under
27  s. 39.5085, or who is adopted from the Department of Children
28  and Family Services after May 5, 1997, shall be exempt from
29  the payment of all undergraduate fees, including fees
30  associated with enrollment in college-preparatory instruction
31  or completion of college-level communication and computation
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    File original & 9 copies    11/28/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 161 Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only) 1 skills testing programs. Before a fee exemption can be given, 2 the student shall have applied for and been denied financial 3 aid, pursuant to s. 240.404, which would have provided, at a 4 minimum, payment of all undergraduate fees. Such exemption 5 shall be available to any student who was in the custody of a 6 relative under s. 39.5085 at the time he or she reached 18 7 years of age or was adopted from the Department of Children 8 and Family Services after May 5, 1997; however, the exemption 9 shall be valid for no more than 4 years after the date of 10 graduation from high school. 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 On page 1, line 23 after the semicolon 16 17 insert: 18 amending s. 240.235, F.S.; providing for 19 exemption from fees for certain individuals; 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 11/28/01 hcf0003 01:18 pm 00161-cfs -381039