HB 269

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to state university fee exemptions;
3providing a short title; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.;
4providing exemption from the payment of tuition and fees
5for students enrolled in certain foreign language courses
6offered at a state university; providing for repeal unless
7reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature; providing an
8effective date.
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10Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12     Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Student Global
13Economic Education Act."
14     Section 2.  Subsection (4) is added to section 1009.25,
15Florida Statutes, to read:
16     1009.25  Fee exemptions.-
17     (4)  A student who has taken an initial semester course in
18Mandarin or Portuguese at a state university and has received a
19grade of B or higher for the course shall be exempt from the
20payment of tuition and fees for each additional course in the
21same language in which the student is enrolled at a state
22university. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2016, unless
23reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature before that date.
24     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.


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