| 1 | Representative Jordan offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 3, between lines 21 and 22 |
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| 6 | insert: |
| 7 | Section 2. Section 295.015, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 8 | to read: |
| 9 | 295.015 Children of prisoners of war and persons missing |
| 10 | in action; education.-- |
| 11 | (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to |
| 12 | provide educational opportunity at state expense for dependent |
| 13 | children either of whose parents became classified as prisoners |
| 14 | of war or missing in action in the service of the Armed Forces |
| 15 | of the United States during the Korean Conflict or during the |
| 16 | Vietnam Era, as defined in s. 1.01(14), or civilian personnel |
| 17 | captured while serving with the consent or authorization of the |
| 18 | United States Government. Such educational opportunity shall be |
| 19 | provided until such time as the parent so classified is returned |
| 20 | alive or the parent's remains are recovered; provided that, in |
| 21 | order to be eligible, the parents of such children must have |
| 22 | been bona fide residents of the state for 5 years next preceding |
| 23 | their application for the benefits hereof and must be permanent |
| 24 | residents of the state on the effective date of this act. |
| 25 | (2) The provisions of ss. 295.03, 295.04, 295.05, and |
| 26 | 1009.40 shall apply. |
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| 29 | On page 1, line 12, |
| 30 | remove: all of said lines |
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| 32 | and insert: |
| 33 | disabled servicemembers; amending s. 295.015, F.S.; removing a |
| 34 | limitation with respect to the provision of educational |
| 35 | opportunity at state expense for dependent children either of |
| 36 | whose parents became classified as prisoners of war or missing |
| 37 | in action in the service of the Armed Forces of the United |
| 38 | States or civilian personnel captured while serving with the |
| 39 | consent or authorization of the United States Government; |
| 40 | amending s. 295.02, |