Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 252
       
       
        
       By Senator Steube
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00342B-18                                           2018252__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state employee higher education fee
    3         waivers; amending s. 1009.265, F.S.; providing that
    4         credit hours eligible for tuition and fee waivers be
    5         determined on a calendar year basis, rather than per
    6         academic term; providing applicability; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1009.265, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         1009.265 State employee fee waivers.—
   14         (1) As a benefit to the employer and employees of the
   15  state, subject to approval by an employee’s agency head or the
   16  equivalent, each state university and Florida College System
   17  institution shall waive tuition and fees for state employees to
   18  enroll for up to 18 6 credit hours of courses per calendar year
   19  term on a space-available basis.
   20         Section 2. The amendment made to s. 1009.265, Florida
   21  Statutes, by this act applies to any academic term beginning on
   22  or after May 1, 2018. If a state employee had tuition and fees
   23  waived pursuant to s. 1009.265, Florida Statutes, for any
   24  courses that he or she was enrolled in for an academic term
   25  beginning on or after January 1, 2018, through April 30, 2018,
   26  those course credit hours count toward the 18 credit hour
   27  maximum for the 2018 calendar year.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect May 1, 2018.