Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1202
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fee waivers; amending s. 1009.26,
    3         F.S.; authorizing each Florida College System
    4         institution, career center operated by a school
    5         district, and charter technical career center to waive
    6         out-of-state fees for students living in a recovery
    7         residence; prohibiting tuition and fees charged to a
    8         student who is granted the waiver from exceeding the
    9         tuition and fees charged to a resident student;
   10         providing that the waiver is applicable for 110
   11         percent of the required credit hours of the degree or
   12         certificate program for which the student is enrolled;
   13         requiring each Florida College System institution,
   14         career center operated by a school district, and
   15         charter technical career center to report to the State
   16         Board of Education the number and value of all such
   17         waivers granted annually; requiring the State Board of
   18         Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date.
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   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. Subsection (18) is added to section 1009.26,
   23  Florida Statutes, to read:
   24         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
   25         (18)(a) Each Florida College System institution, career
   26  center operated by a school district under s. 1001.44, and
   27  charter technical career center under s. 1002.34 may waive out
   28  of-state fees for students living in a recovery residence as
   29  defined in s. 397.311.
   30         (b) Tuition and fees charged to a student who is granted an
   31  out-of-state fee waiver under this subsection may not exceed the
   32  tuition and fees charged to a resident student. The waiver is
   33  applicable for 110 percent of the required credit hours of the
   34  degree or certificate program for which the student is enrolled.
   35         (c) Each Florida College System institution, career center
   36  operated by a school district under s. 1001.44, and charter
   37  technical career center under s. 1002.34 shall report to the
   38  State Board of Education the number and value of all fee waivers
   39  granted annually under this subsection.
   40         (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
   41  administer this subsection.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.