Florida Senate - 2014              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. CS for SB 1400
       
       
       
       
       
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       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
       (Appropriations Subcommittee on Education)
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to postsecondary student tuition;
    3         amending ss. 1009.22 and 1009.23, F.S.; revising the
    4         standard tuition and out-of-state fees for workforce
    5         education postsecondary programs leading to certain
    6         certificates and diplomas and certain other programs
    7         at Florida College System institutions; deleting a
    8         provision relating to an increase in tuition and out
    9         of-state fees at a rate equal to inflation; deleting a
   10         requirement that the Office of Economic and
   11         Demographic Research annually report the rate of
   12         inflation to the Governor, the Legislature, and the
   13         State Board of Education; deleting the definition of
   14         the term “rate of inflation”; amending s. 1009.24,
   15         F.S.; revising the resident undergraduate tuition for
   16         lower-level and upper-level coursework; deleting a
   17         provision related to an increase of the resident
   18         undergraduate tuition at state universities at a rate
   19         equal to inflation; deleting the requirement of the
   20         Office of Economic and Demographic Research to
   21         annually report the rate of inflation to the Governor,
   22         the Legislature, and the Board of Governors; deleting
   23         the definition of the term “rate of inflation”;
   24         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
   25         authorizing a state university board of trustees to
   26         increase the aggregate sum of tuition and tuition
   27         differential for up to 6 percent of the total charged
   28         for the aggregate sum of such fees in the preceding
   29         year if the state university meets the specified
   30         conditions; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring a
   31         state university, a Florida College System
   32         institution, a career center operated by a school
   33         district, or a charter technical career center to
   34         waive undergraduate tuition for a recipient of a
   35         Purple Heart or another combat decoration superior in
   36         precedence under certain conditions; requiring a state
   37         university, a Florida College System institution, a
   38         career center operated by a school district, and a
   39         charter technical career center to waive out-of-state
   40         fees for certain students who meet specified
   41         conditions; requiring a state university, a Florida
   42         College System institution, and a charter technical
   43         career center to report to the Board of Governors and
   44         the State Board of Education, respectively, the number
   45         and value of all fee waivers; requiring the Board of
   46         Governors for the state universities and the State
   47         Board of Education for the Florida College System
   48         institutions, career centers operated by a school
   49         district, and charter technical career centers to
   50         annually certify within their legislative budget
   51         requests that the percentage of resident students
   52         enrolled systemwide is at least the same as the
   53         resident student enrollment systemwide in a specified
   54         academic year; providing that a student who is granted
   55         the out-of-state fee waiver is not eligible for state
   56         financial aid; amending s. 1009.98, F.S.; redefining
   57         the term “tuition differential”; revising the purchase
   58         date of an advance payment contract as it relates to
   59         the amount paid by the Florida Prepaid College Board
   60         to a state university on behalf of a qualified
   61         beneficiary; prohibiting the amount of the aggregate
   62         sum of registration fees, the tuition differential
   63         fee, and local fees paid by the board to a state
   64         university on behalf of a qualified beneficiary of an
   65         advance payment contract from exceeding a certain
   66         percentage of the amount charged by the state
   67         university for the aggregate sum of those fees;
   68         prohibiting the amount of the dormitory fees paid for
   69         by the board to a state university on behalf of a
   70         qualified beneficiary of an advance payment contract
   71         from exceeding a certain percentage of the amount
   72         charged by the state university for those fees;
   73         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
   74         amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; conforming a cross
   75         reference; prohibiting certain dependent children from
   76         being denied residency classification for tuition
   77         purposes based solely on a parent’s undocumented
   78         immigration status; providing an effective date.
   79          
   80  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   81  
   82         Section 1. Paragraphs (c) through (g) of subsection (3) of
   83  section 1009.22, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   84         1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees.—
   85         (3)
   86         (c) Effective July 1, 2014 2011, for programs leading to a
   87  career certificate or an applied technology diploma, the
   88  standard tuition shall be $2.33 $2.22 per contact hour for
   89  residents and nonresidents and the out-of-state fee shall be
   90  $6.99 $6.66 per contact hour. For adult general education
   91  programs, a block tuition of $45 per half year or $30 per term
   92  shall be assessed for residents and nonresidents, and the out
   93  of-state fee shall be $135 per half year or $90 per term. Each
   94  district school board and Florida College System institution
   95  board of trustees shall adopt policies and procedures for the
   96  collection of and accounting for the expenditure of the block
   97  tuition. All funds received from the block tuition shall be used
   98  only for adult general education programs. Students enrolled in
   99  adult general education programs may not be assessed the fees
  100  authorized in subsection (5), subsection (6), or subsection (7).
  101         (d) Beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year and each year
  102  thereafter, the tuition and the out-of-state fee per contact
  103  hour shall increase at the beginning of each fall semester at a
  104  rate equal to inflation, unless otherwise provided in the
  105  General Appropriations Act. The Office of Economic and
  106  Demographic Research shall report the rate of inflation to the
  107  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
  108  Representatives, the Governor, and the State Board of Education
  109  each year prior to March 1. For purposes of this paragraph, the
  110  rate of inflation shall be defined as the rate of the 12-month
  111  percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
  112  Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, or successor reports as
  113  reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
  114  Labor Statistics, or its successor for December of the previous
  115  year. In the event the percentage change is negative, the
  116  tuition and out-of-state fee shall remain at the same level as
  117  the prior fiscal year.
  118         (d)(e) Each district school board and each Florida College
  119  System institution board of trustees may adopt tuition and out
  120  of-state fees that may vary no more than 5 percent below and 5
  121  percent above the combined total of the standard tuition and
  122  out-of-state fees established in paragraph (c).
  123         (e)(f) The maximum increase in resident tuition for any
  124  school district or Florida College System institution during the
  125  2007-2008 fiscal year shall be 5 percent over the tuition
  126  charged during the 2006-2007 fiscal year.
  127         (f)(g) The State Board of Education may adopt, by rule, the
  128  definitions and procedures that district school boards and
  129  Florida College System institution boards of trustees shall use
  130  in the calculation of cost borne by students.
  131         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1009.23, Florida
  132  Statutes, is amended to read:
  133         1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
  134         (3)(a) Effective July 1, 2014 2011, for advanced and
  135  professional, postsecondary vocational, developmental education,
  136  and educator preparation institute programs, the standard
  137  tuition shall be $71.98 $68.56 per credit hour for residents and
  138  nonresidents, and the out-of-state fee shall be $215.94 $205.82
  139  per credit hour.
  140         (b) Effective July 1, 2014 2011, for baccalaureate degree
  141  programs, the following tuition and fee rates shall apply:
  142         1. The tuition shall be $91.79 $87.42 per credit hour for
  143  students who are residents for tuition purposes.
  144         2. The sum of the tuition and the out-of-state fee per
  145  credit hour for students who are nonresidents for tuition
  146  purposes shall be no more than 85 percent of the sum of the
  147  tuition and the out-of-state fee at the state university nearest
  148  the Florida College System institution.
  149         (c) Beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year and each year
  150  thereafter, the tuition and the out-of-state fee shall increase
  151  at the beginning of each fall semester at a rate equal to
  152  inflation, unless otherwise provided in the General
  153  Appropriations Act. The Office of Economic and Demographic
  154  Research shall report the rate of inflation to the President of
  155  the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
  156  Governor, and the State Board of Education each year prior to
  157  March 1. For purposes of this paragraph, the rate of inflation
  158  shall be defined as the rate of the 12-month percentage change
  159  in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City
  160  Average, All Items, or successor reports as reported by the
  161  United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
  162  or its successor for December of the previous year. In the event
  163  the percentage change is negative, the tuition and the out-of
  164  state fee per credit hour shall remain at the same levels as the
  165  prior fiscal year.
  166         Section 3. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (e) of subsection (4)
  167  and paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section 1009.24, Florida
  168  Statutes, are amended, to read:
  169         1009.24 State university student fees.—
  170         (4)(a) Effective July 1, 2014 2011, the resident
  171  undergraduate tuition for lower-level and upper-level coursework
  172  shall be $105.07 $103.32 per credit hour.
  173         (b) Beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year and each year
  174  thereafter, the resident undergraduate tuition per credit hour
  175  shall increase at the beginning of each fall semester at a rate
  176  equal to inflation, unless otherwise provided in the General
  177  Appropriations Act. The Office of Economic and Demographic
  178  Research shall report the rate of inflation to the President of
  179  the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
  180  Governor, and the Board of Governors each year prior to March 1.
  181  For purposes of this paragraph, the rate of inflation shall be
  182  defined as the rate of the 12-month percentage change in the
  183  Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average,
  184  All Items, or successor reports as reported by the United States
  185  Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its
  186  successor for December of the previous year. In the event the
  187  percentage change is negative, the resident undergraduate
  188  tuition shall remain at the same level as the prior fiscal year.
  189         (d)(e) The sum of the activity and service, health, and
  190  athletic fees a student is required to pay to register for a
  191  course may shall not exceed 40 percent of the tuition
  192  established in law or in the General Appropriations Act. No
  193  university shall be required to lower any fee in effect on the
  194  effective date of this act in order to comply with this
  195  subsection. Within the 40 percent cap, universities may not
  196  increase the aggregate sum of activity and service, health, and
  197  athletic fees more than 5 percent per year, or the same
  198  percentage increase in tuition authorized under paragraph (b),
  199  whichever is greater, unless specifically authorized in law or
  200  in the General Appropriations Act. A university may increase its
  201  athletic fee to defray the costs associated with changing
  202  National Collegiate Athletic Association divisions. Any such
  203  increase in the athletic fee may exceed both the 40 percent cap
  204  and the 5 percent cap imposed by this subsection. Any such
  205  increase must be approved by the athletic fee committee in the
  206  process outlined in subsection (12) and may not cannot exceed $2
  207  per credit hour. Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1009.534,
  208  1009.535, and 1009.536, that portion of any increase in an
  209  athletic fee pursuant to this subsection which that causes the
  210  sum of the activity and service, health, and athletic fees to
  211  exceed the 40 percent cap or the annual increase in such fees to
  212  exceed the 5 percent cap may shall not be included in
  213  calculating the amount a student receives for a Florida Academic
  214  Scholars award, a Florida Medallion Scholars award, or a Florida
  215  Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award. Notwithstanding this
  216  paragraph and subject to approval by the board of trustees, each
  217  state university may is authorized to exceed the 5 percent 5
  218  percent cap on the annual increase to the aggregate sum of
  219  activity and service, health, and athletic fees for the 2010
  220  2011 fiscal year. Any such increase may shall not exceed 15
  221  percent or the amount required to reach the 2009-2010 fiscal
  222  year statewide average for the aggregate sum of activity and
  223  service, health, and athletic fees at the main campuses,
  224  whichever is greater. The aggregate sum of the activity and
  225  service, health, and athletic fees may shall not exceed 40
  226  percent of tuition. Any increase in the activity and service
  227  fee, health fee, or athletic fee must be approved by the
  228  appropriate fee committee pursuant to subsection (10),
  229  subsection (11), or subsection (12).
  230         (16) Each university board of trustees may establish a
  231  tuition differential for undergraduate courses upon receipt of
  232  approval from the Board of Governors. The tuition differential
  233  shall promote improvements in the quality of undergraduate
  234  education and shall provide financial aid to undergraduate
  235  students who exhibit financial need.
  236         (b) Each tuition differential is subject to the following
  237  conditions:
  238         1. The tuition differential may be assessed on one or more
  239  undergraduate courses or on all undergraduate courses at a state
  240  university.
  241         2. The tuition differential may vary by course or courses,
  242  campus or center location, and by institution. Each university
  243  board of trustees shall strive to maintain and increase
  244  enrollment in degree programs related to math, science, high
  245  technology, and other state or regional high-need fields when
  246  establishing tuition differentials by course.
  247         3. For each state university that is designated as a
  248  preeminent state research university by the Board of Governors,
  249  pursuant to s. 1001.7065, that has total research and
  250  development expenditures for all fields of at least $100 million
  251  per year as reported annually to the National Science
  252  Foundation, the aggregate sum of tuition and the tuition
  253  differential may not be increased by no more than 6 15 percent
  254  of the total charged for the aggregate sum of these fees in the
  255  preceding fiscal year if the university meets or exceeds each
  256  performance standard target for that university established
  257  annually by the Board of Governors for the following performance
  258  standards, each amounting to no more than a 2 percent increase
  259  in tuition differential:
  260         a. Increase in the 6-year graduation rate for full-time,
  261  first-time-in-college students, as reported annually to the
  262  Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System;
  263         b. Increase in the total annual research expenditures; and
  264         c. Increase in the total patents awarded by the United
  265  States Patent and Trademark Office for the most recent years.
  266  For each state university that has total research and
  267  development expenditures for all fields of less than $100
  268  million per year as reported annually to the National Science
  269  Foundation, the aggregate sum of tuition and the tuition
  270  differential may not be increased by more than 15 percent of the
  271  total charged for the aggregate sum of these fees in the
  272  preceding fiscal year.
  273         4. The aggregate sum of undergraduate tuition and fees per
  274  credit hour, including the tuition differential, may not exceed
  275  the national average of undergraduate tuition and fees at 4-year
  276  degree-granting public postsecondary educational institutions.
  277         5. The tuition differential shall not be included in any
  278  award under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
  279  established pursuant to ss. 1009.53-1009.538.
  280         6. Beneficiaries having prepaid tuition contracts pursuant
  281  to s. 1009.98(2)(b) which were in effect on July 1, 2007, and
  282  which remain in effect, are exempt from the payment of the
  283  tuition differential.
  284         7. The tuition differential may not be charged to any
  285  student who was in attendance at the university before July 1,
  286  2007, and who maintains continuous enrollment.
  287         8. The tuition differential may be waived by the university
  288  for students who meet the eligibility requirements for the
  289  Florida public student assistance grant established in s.
  290  1009.50.
  291         9. Subject to approval by the Board of Governors, the
  292  tuition differential authorized pursuant to this subsection may
  293  take effect with the 2009 fall term.
  294         Section 4. Subsection (8) of section 1009.26, Florida
  295  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is added to that
  296  section, to read:
  297         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
  298         (8) A state university, a or Florida College System
  299  institution, a career center operated by a school district under
  300  s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career center shall waive
  301  undergraduate tuition for each recipient of a Purple Heart or
  302  another combat decoration superior in precedence who:
  303         (a) Is enrolled as a full-time, part-time, or summer-school
  304  student in an undergraduate program that terminates in a degree
  305  or certificate;
  306         (b) Is currently, and was at the time of the military
  307  action that resulted in the awarding of the Purple Heart or
  308  other combat decoration superior in precedence, a resident of
  309  this state; and
  310         (c) Submits to the state university or the Florida College
  311  System institution the DD-214 form issued at the time of
  312  separation from service as documentation that the student has
  313  received a Purple Heart or another combat decoration superior in
  314  precedence. If the DD-214 is not available, other documentation
  315  may be acceptable if recognized by the United States Department
  316  of Defense or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  317  as documenting the award.
  318  
  319  Such a waiver for a Purple Heart recipient or recipient of
  320  another combat decoration superior in precedence shall be
  321  applicable for 110 percent of the number of required credit
  322  hours of the degree or certificate program for which the student
  323  is enrolled.
  324         (12)(a) A state university, a Florida College System
  325  institution, a career center operated by a school district under
  326  s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career center shall waive
  327  out-of-state fees for students, including but not limited to
  328  students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes,
  329  who meet the following conditions:
  330         1. Attended a secondary school in this state, which is not
  331  the Florida Virtual School Global, for 3 consecutive years
  332  immediately before graduating from a high school in this state;
  333         2. Enrolled in a degree or certificate program at an
  334  institution of higher education within 24 months after high
  335  school graduation; and
  336         3. Submitted an official Florida high school transcript as
  337  evidence of attendance and graduation.
  338         (b) In the case of a student who is undocumented for
  339  federal immigration purposes, the student must, in addition to
  340  meeting the requirements of paragraph (a), submit to the
  341  institution of higher education a notarized affidavit stating
  342  that the student has filed an application to legalize his or her
  343  federal immigration status or will file an application as soon
  344  as he or she is eligible to do so.
  345         (c) Tuition and fees charged to a student who qualifies for
  346  the out-of-state fee waiver under this subsection may not exceed
  347  the tuition and fees charged to a resident student. The waiver
  348  is applicable for 110 percent of the required credit hours of
  349  the degree or certificate program for which the student is
  350  enrolled. Each state university, Florida College System
  351  institution, career center operated by a school district under
  352  s. 1001.44, and charter technical career center shall report to
  353  the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education,
  354  respectively, the number and value of all fee waivers granted
  355  annually under this subsection. The Board of Governors for the
  356  state universities and the State Board of Education for Florida
  357  College System institutions, career centers operated by a school
  358  district under s. 1001.44, and charter technical career centers
  359  shall annually certify within their legislative budget requests
  360  that the percentage of resident students enrolled systemwide is
  361  at least the same as the 2013-2014 resident student enrollment
  362  systemwide.
  363         (d) A student who is granted an out-of-state fee waiver
  364  under this subsection is not eligible for state financial aid
  365  under part III of chapter 1009.
  366         Section 5. Subsection (10) of section 1009.98, Florida
  367  Statutes, is amended to read:
  368         1009.98 Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program.—
  369         (10) PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF QUALIFIED BENEFICIARIES.—
  370         (a) As used in this subsection, the term:
  371         1. “Actuarial reserve” means the amount by which the
  372  expected value of the assets exceeds exceed the expected value
  373  of the liabilities of the trust fund.
  374         2. “Dormitory fees” means the fees included under advance
  375  payment contracts pursuant to paragraph (2)(d).
  376         3. “Fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the state
  377  pursuant to s. 215.01.
  378         4. “Local fees” means the fees covered by an advance
  379  payment contract provided pursuant to subparagraph (2)(b)2.
  380         5. “Tuition differential” means the fee covered by advance
  381  payment contracts sold pursuant to subparagraph (2)(b)3. The
  382  base rate for the tuition differential fee for the 2012-2013
  383  fiscal year is established at $37.03 per credit hour. The base
  384  rate for the tuition differential in subsequent years is the
  385  amount assessed paid by the board for the tuition differential
  386  for the preceding year adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (b)2.
  387         (b) Effective with the 2009-2010 academic year and
  388  thereafter, and notwithstanding the provisions of s. 1009.24,
  389  the amount paid by the board to any state university on behalf
  390  of a qualified beneficiary of an advance payment contract whose
  391  contract was purchased before July 1, 2024 2009, shall be:
  392         1. As to registration fees, if the actuarial reserve is
  393  less than 5 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust
  394  fund, the board shall pay the state universities 5.5 percent
  395  above the amount assessed for registration fees in the preceding
  396  fiscal year. If the actuarial reserve is between 5 percent and 6
  397  percent of the expected liabilities of the trust fund, the board
  398  shall pay the state universities 6 percent above the amount
  399  assessed for registration fees in the preceding fiscal year. If
  400  the actuarial reserve is between 6 percent and 7.5 percent of
  401  the expected liabilities of the trust fund, the board shall pay
  402  the state universities 6.5 percent above the amount assessed for
  403  registration fees in the preceding fiscal year. If the actuarial
  404  reserve is equal to or greater than 7.5 percent of the expected
  405  liabilities of the trust fund, the board shall pay the state
  406  universities 7 percent above the amount assessed for
  407  registration fees in the preceding fiscal year, whichever is
  408  greater.
  409         2. As to the tuition differential, if the actuarial reserve
  410  is less than 5 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust
  411  fund, the board shall pay the state universities 5.5 percent
  412  above the base rate for the tuition differential fee in the
  413  preceding fiscal year. If the actuarial reserve is between 5
  414  percent and 6 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust
  415  fund, the board shall pay the state universities 6 percent above
  416  the base rate for the tuition differential fee in the preceding
  417  fiscal year. If the actuarial reserve is between 6 percent and
  418  7.5 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust fund, the
  419  board shall pay the state universities 6.5 percent above the
  420  base rate for the tuition differential fee in the preceding
  421  fiscal year. If the actuarial reserve is equal to or greater
  422  than 7.5 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust fund,
  423  the board shall pay the state universities 7 percent above the
  424  base rate for the tuition differential fee in the preceding
  425  fiscal year.
  426         3. As to local fees, the board shall pay the state
  427  universities 5 percent above the amount assessed for local fees
  428  in the preceding fiscal year.
  429         4. As to dormitory fees, the board shall pay the state
  430  universities 6 percent above the amount assessed for dormitory
  431  fees in the preceding fiscal year.
  432         5. Qualified beneficiaries of advance payment contracts
  433  purchased before July 1, 2007, are exempt from paying any
  434  tuition differential fee.
  435         (c)Notwithstanding the amount assessed for registration
  436  fees, the tuition differential fee, or local fees, the amount
  437  paid by the board to any state university on behalf of a
  438  qualified beneficiary of an advance payment contract purchased
  439  before July 1, 2024, may not exceed 100 percent of the amount
  440  charged by the state university for the aggregate sum of those
  441  fees.
  442         (d) Notwithstanding the amount assessed for dormitory fees,
  443  the amount paid by the board to any state university on behalf
  444  of a qualified beneficiary of an advance payment contract
  445  purchased before July 1, 2024, may not exceed 100 percent of the
  446  amount charged by the state university for dormitory fees.
  447         (e)(c) The board shall pay state universities the actual
  448  amount assessed in accordance with law for registration fees,
  449  the tuition differential, local fees, and dormitory fees for
  450  advance payment contracts purchased on or after July 1, 2024
  451  2009.
  452         (f)(d) The board shall annually evaluate or cause to be
  453  evaluated the actuarial soundness of the trust fund.
  454         Section 6. Subsection (10) of section 1011.80, Florida
  455  Statutes, is amended to read:
  456         1011.80 Funds for operation of workforce education
  457  programs.—
  458         (10) A high school student dually enrolled under s.
  459  1007.271 in a workforce education program operated by a Florida
  460  College System institution or school district career center
  461  generates the amount calculated for workforce education funding,
  462  including any payment of performance funding, and the
  463  proportional share of full-time equivalent enrollment generated
  464  through the Florida Education Finance Program for the student’s
  465  enrollment in a high school. If a high school student is dually
  466  enrolled in a Florida College System institution program,
  467  including a program conducted at a high school, the Florida
  468  College System institution earns the funds generated for
  469  workforce education funding, and the school district earns the
  470  proportional share of full-time equivalent funding from the
  471  Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is dually
  472  enrolled in a career center operated by the same district as the
  473  district in which the student attends high school, that district
  474  earns the funds generated for workforce education funding and
  475  also earns the proportional share of full-time equivalent
  476  funding from the Florida Education Finance Program. If a student
  477  is dually enrolled in a workforce education program provided by
  478  a career center operated by a different school district, the
  479  funds must be divided between the two school districts
  480  proportionally from the two funding sources. A student may not
  481  be reported for funding in a dual enrollment workforce education
  482  program unless the student has completed the basic skills
  483  assessment pursuant to s. 1004.91. A student who is coenrolled
  484  in a K-12 education program and an adult education program may
  485  be reported for purposes of funding in an adult education
  486  program. If a student is coenrolled in core curricula courses
  487  for credit recovery or dropout prevention purposes and does not
  488  have a pattern of excessive absenteeism or habitual truancy or a
  489  history of disruptive behavior in school, the student may be
  490  reported for funding for up to two courses per year. Such a
  491  student is exempt from the payment of the block tuition for
  492  adult general education programs provided in s. 1009.22(3)(c) s.
  493  1009.22(3)(d). The Department of Education shall develop a list
  494  of courses to be designated as core curricula courses for the
  495  purposes of coenrollment.
  496         Section 7. A dependent child who is a citizen of the United
  497  States of America may not be denied residency classification for
  498  tuition purposes based solely on the parent’s undocumented
  499  immigration status. All applicable laws apply.
  500         Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.