Senate Bill sb2344
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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 2344
By Senator Villalobos
38-1720A-03 See HB 119
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to determination of resident
3 status for tuition purposes; amending s.
4 1009.21, F.S.; classifying specified students
5 as residents for tuition purposes; providing an
6 effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (10)
11 of section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to read:
12 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
13 purposes.--Students shall be classified as residents or
14 nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in community
15 colleges and state universities.
16 (10) The following persons shall be classified as
17 residents for tuition purposes:
18 (k) Students who meet the following requirements:
19 1. Have resided in Florida for at least 3 consecutive
20 years immediately preceding the date the student received a
21 high school diploma or its equivalent and have attended a
22 Florida high school for at least 3 consecutive school years
23 during such time.
24 2. Have provided to a community college or a state
25 university an affidavit stating that the student will file an
26 application to become a permanent resident of the United
27 States at the earliest opportunity he or she is eligible to do
28 so.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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