Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 318
       
       
       
       By Senator Siplin
       
       
       
       
       19-00427-11                                            2011318__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to postsecondary student fees;
    3         creating s. 1009.215, F.S.; providing an exemption
    4         from payment of nonresident tuition at a state
    5         university or a Florida College System institution for
    6         an undocumented student who meets specified
    7         requirements; requiring the Board of Governors of the
    8         State University System to adopt regulations and the
    9         State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing an
   10         effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 1009.215, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         1009.215 Nonresident tuition exemption.—
   17         (1) Beginning with the 2011 fall term, an undocumented
   18  student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of 8
   19  U.S.C. s. 1101(a)(15), is exempt from paying nonresident tuition
   20  at a state university or a Florida College System institution if
   21  the student meets all of the following requirements:
   22         (a) Attended high school in the state for 3 or more years,
   23  which need not be consecutive.
   24         (b) Graduated from a high school in the state or attained a
   25  high school equivalency diploma pursuant to s. 1003.435.
   26         (c) Registered as an entering student or is currently
   27  enrolled at a state university or a Florida College System
   28  institution.
   29         (d) Files an affidavit with the state university or the
   30  Florida College System institution stating that the student has
   31  filed an application to legalize his or her immigration status
   32  or will file an application as soon as he or she is eligible to
   33  do so.
   34         (2) The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations and the
   35  State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement the
   36  nonresident tuition exemption provided in this section.
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.