Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 826
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-00710B-11                                           2011826__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to resident status for tuition
    3         purposes; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing that
    4         veterans of the Armed Services of the United States,
    5         including reserve components thereof, who attend a
    6         public college, university, or institution of higher
    7         learning are residents for tuition purposes; providing
    8         an effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Present paragraphs (c) through (k) of subsection
   13  (10) of section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   14  paragraphs (d) through (l), respectively, and a new paragraph
   15  (c) is added to that subsection, to read:
   16         1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
   17  purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or
   18  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in
   19  postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical
   20  career centers or career centers operated by school districts,
   21  in community colleges, and in state universities.
   22         (10) The following persons shall be classified as residents
   23  for tuition purposes:
   24         (c) Veterans of the Armed Services of the United States,
   25  including reserve components thereof, who attend a public
   26  college, university, or institution of higher learning.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.