Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 944
       
       
        
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00505-16                                            2016944__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to out-of-state fee waivers for active
    3         duty service members; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.;
    4         requiring state universities, Florida College System
    5         institutions, and certain centers to waive out-of
    6         state fees for active duty members of the United
    7         States Armed Forces residing or stationed outside of
    8         this state; prohibiting tuition and fees charged to
    9         such students from exceeding a specified amount;
   10         requiring an annual report of all out-of-state fee
   11         waivers for such individuals; requiring the Board of
   12         Governors and the State Board of education to adopt
   13         related regulations and rules; providing an effective
   14         date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Subsection (14) is added to section 1009.26,
   19  Florida Statutes, to read:
   20         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
   21         (14)(a) A state university, Florida College System
   22  institution, career center operated by a school district under
   23  s. 1001.44, or charter technical career center shall waive out
   24  of-state fees for a person who is an active duty member of the
   25  Armed Forces of the United States residing or stationed outside
   26  of this state.
   27         (b) Tuition and fees charged to a student who qualifies for
   28  the out-of-state fee waiver under this subsection may not exceed
   29  the tuition and fees charged to a resident student.
   30         (c) Each state university, Florida College System
   31  institution, career center operated by a school district under
   32  s. 1001.44, and charter technical career center shall report to
   33  the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education,
   34  respectively, the number and value of all fee waivers granted
   35  annually under this subsection.
   36         (d) The Board of Governors and the State Board of Education
   37  shall respectively adopt regulations and rules to administer
   38  this subsection.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.