Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1018
       
       
       
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       40-00856A-12                                          20121018__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to resident status for tuition
    3         purposes; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; classifying as
    4         residents for tuition purposes a United States citizen
    5         who attends a Florida high school for at least 2
    6         consecutive years and submits his or her high school
    7         transcript to and enrolls in an institution of higher
    8         education within 12 months after graduating from a
    9         Florida high school; requiring the State Board of
   10         Education to adopt rules and the Board of Governors of
   11         the State University System to adopt regulations;
   12         providing an effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (10) of
   17  section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, and subsection (13) of that
   18  section is amended, to read:
   19         1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
   20  purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or
   21  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in
   22  postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical
   23  career centers or career centers operated by school districts,
   24  in Florida College System institutions, and in state
   25  universities.
   26         (10) The following persons shall be classified as residents
   27  for tuition purposes:
   28         (l) A United States citizen who attends a Florida high
   29  school for at least 2 consecutive years and submits his or her
   30  high school transcript to and enrolls in an institution of
   31  higher education within 12 months after graduating from a
   32  Florida high school.
   33         (13) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and the
   34  Board of Governors shall adopt regulations rules to implement
   35  this section.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.