Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1164
       
       
       
       By Senator Detert
       
       
       
       
       23-01136-12                                           20121164__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to postsecondary education tuition;
    3         amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing that a dependent
    4         child who lived in the state with a parent before the
    5         parent’s death and who continues to live in the state
    6         with an adult who is not the child’s parent while
    7         completing the requirements for a high school diploma
    8         may qualify as a resident for tuition purposes
    9         regardless of whether a parent who does not live in
   10         the state claims the minor as a dependent pursuant to
   11         federal income tax provisions; providing an effective
   12         date.
   13  
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of
   17  section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to read:
   18         1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
   19  purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or
   20  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in
   21  postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical
   22  career centers or career centers operated by school districts,
   23  in Florida College System institutions, and in state
   24  universities.
   25         (2)
   26         (d) The legal residence of a dependent child who lived in
   27  this state with a parent before the parent’s death and who
   28  continues to live in this state with an adult who is not the
   29  child’s parent while completing the requirements for a high
   30  school diploma may qualify as a resident for tuition purposes
   31  regardless of whether a parent who does not live in this state
   32  claims the minor as a dependent pursuant to federal income tax
   33  provisions.
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.