| 1 | Representative Ryan offered the following: |
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| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (686637) |
| 4 | Remove lines 39-67 and insert: |
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| 6 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 295.01, Florida |
| 7 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 8 | 295.01 Children of deceased or disabled veterans; |
| 9 | education.-- |
| 10 | (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to |
| 11 | provide educational opportunity at state expense for dependent |
| 12 | children either of whose parents was a resident of the state at |
| 13 | the time such parent entered the Armed Forces and: |
| 14 | (a) Died as a result of service-connected injuries, |
| 15 | disease, or disability sustained while on active duty; in that |
| 16 | service or from injuries sustained or disease contracted during |
| 17 | a period of wartime service as defined in s. 1.01(14) or has |
| 18 | died since or may hereafter die from diseases or disability |
| 19 | resulting from such war service, or |
| 20 | (b) Has been: |
| 21 | 1. Determined by the United States Department of Veterans |
| 22 | Affairs or its predecessor to have a service-connected 100- |
| 23 | percent total and permanent disability rating for compensation;, |
| 24 | 2. Determined to have a service-connected total and |
| 25 | permanent disability rating of 100 percent and is in receipt of |
| 26 | disability retirement pay from any branch of the United States |
| 27 | Armed Services;, or |
| 28 | 3. Issued a valid identification card by the Department of |
| 29 | Veterans' Affairs in accordance with s. 295.17, |
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| 31 | when the parents of such children have been bona fide residents |
| 32 | of the state for 5 years next preceding their application for |
| 33 | the benefits hereof, and subject to the rules, restrictions, and |
| 34 | limitations hereof. |