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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to postsecondary student fees; amending s. | ||
| 3 | 1009.21, F.S.; providing an exemption from payment of | ||
| 4 | nonresident tuition and out-of-state fees for certain | ||
| 5 | dependent children of migrant farmworkers who meet | ||
| 6 | specified requirements; providing an 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. Subsection (11) of section 1009.21, Florida | ||
| 11 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (12) and a new subsection | ||
| 12 | (11) is added to said section to read: | ||
| 13 | 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition | ||
| 14 | purposes; exemption.--Students shall be classified as residents | ||
| 15 | or nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in | ||
| 16 | community colleges and state universities. | ||
| 17 | (11) A person who has attended a Florida high school for | ||
| 18 | at least 3 months per school year for 2 school years and who is | ||
| 19 | the dependent child of a migrant farmworker, as defined in s. | ||
| 20 | 381.008(4), shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition and | ||
| 21 | out-of-state fees at community colleges and state universities | ||
| 22 | if the migrant farmworker parent has legal status and is | ||
| 23 | currently employed as a farmworker in the state. | ||
| 24 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. | ||