Senate Bill sb1852
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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 1852
By Senator Diaz de la Portilla
36-717-03
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to postsecondary education;
3 amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; classifying certain
4 students as residents for tuition purposes;
5 providing an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 Section 1. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (10)
10 of section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to read:
11 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
12 purposes.--Students shall be classified as residents or
13 nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in community
14 colleges and state universities.
15 (10) The following persons shall be classified as
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17 (k) A student who:
18 1. Has resided in this state for at least 3
19 consecutive years immediately preceding the date the student
20 received a Florida high school degree or its equivalent.
21 2. Has provided to a community college or a state
22 university an affidavit stating that the student will file an
23 application to become a permanent resident of the United
24 States at the earliest time at which he or she is eligible to
25 do so.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Classifies a postsecondary student as a resident for
tuition purposes if he or she has lived in Florida for 3
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Florida high school degree and submits to the college an
5 affidavit that the student will apply to be a permanent
United States resident at the earliest possible
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