Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1714 By Senator Harrell 25-01631-21 20211714__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to residency status for tuition 3 purposes; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; expanding the 4 list of persons who may not lose resident status for 5 tuition purposes; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 1009.21, Florida 10 Statutes, is amended to read: 11 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition 12 purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or 13 nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in 14 postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical 15 career centers or career centers operated by school districts, 16 in Florida College System institutions, and in state 17 universities. 18 (7) A person shall not lose his or her resident status for 19 tuition purposes solely by reason of serving, or, if such person 20 is a dependent child, by reason of his or her parent’s or 21 parents’ serving,in the Armed Forcesoutside this state: 22 (a) In the United States Armed Forces; 23 (b) On assignment for the United States Department of 24 State, United States Department of Homeland Security, or United 25 States Department of Defense; or 26 (c) As a teacher at a Department of Defense Dependent 27 School. 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.