Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 164
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-00136-12                                            2012164__
    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 the
    6         physical location of a public college, university, or
    7         institution of higher learning within the state are
    8         residents for tuition purposes; providing an effective
    9         date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Present paragraphs (c) through (k) of subsection
   14  (10) of section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   15  paragraphs (d) through (l), respectively, and a new paragraph
   16  (c) is added to that subsection, to read:
   17         1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
   18  purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or
   19  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in
   20  postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical
   21  career centers or career centers operated by school districts,
   22  in Florida College System institutions, and in state
   23  universities.
   24         (10) The following persons shall be classified as residents
   25  for tuition purposes:
   26         (c) Veterans of the Armed Services of the United States,
   27  including reserve components thereof, who attend the physical
   28  location of a public college, university, or institution of
   29  higher learning within the state.
   30         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.