Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 470
       
       
        
       By Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       
       11-00780A-24                                           2024470__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to postsecondary education students;
    3         amending s. 1006.61, F.S.; requiring public
    4         postsecondary educational institutions to report
    5         certain student information to the United States
    6         Department of Homeland Security; defining the term
    7         “foreign terrorist organization”; amending s. 1009.01,
    8         F.S.; defining the term “foreign terrorist
    9         organization”; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; requiring a
   10         Florida College System institution to assess the out
   11         of-state fee for students who promote a foreign
   12         terrorist organization; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.;
   13         requiring a state university to assess the out-of
   14         state fee for students who promote a foreign terrorist
   15         organization; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; providing
   16         that students who promote a foreign terrorist
   17         organization are ineligible for a fee waiver; creating
   18         s. 1009.8963, F.S.; providing that students who
   19         promote a foreign terrorist organization are
   20         ineligible for any institutional or state grants,
   21         financial aid, scholarships, or tuition assistance;
   22         providing an effective date.
   23          
   24  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   25  
   26         Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 1006.61,
   27  Florida Statutes, to read:
   28         1006.61 Participation by students in disruptive activities
   29  at public postsecondary educational institution; penalties.—
   30         (3) A public postsecondary educational institution must
   31  report through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program of the
   32  United States Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to 8
   33  C.F.R. s. 214.3(g)(2)(ii), information relating to the current
   34  status of a student who is attending the institution on an F-1
   35  student visa if that student promotes any foreign terrorist
   36  organization. For the purposes of this section, the term
   37  “foreign terrorist organization” has the same meaning as in s.
   38  1009.01(4).
   39         Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 1009.01,
   40  Florida Statutes, to read:
   41         1009.01 Definitions.—The term:
   42         (4) “Foreign terrorist organization” includes those
   43  organizations designated by the United States Department of
   44  State as a foreign organization that engages in or has the
   45  capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity and
   46  threatens the defense, foreign relations, or economic interests
   47  of the United States. The designation includes, but is not
   48  limited to, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad.
   49         Section 3. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.23,
   50  Florida Statutes, to read:
   51         1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
   52         (22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
   53  organization during any term of his or her enrollment must be
   54  assessed the out-of-state fee established in subsections (3) and
   55  (4) during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
   56         Section 4. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.24,
   57  Florida Statutes, to read:
   58         1009.24 State university student fees.—
   59         (22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
   60  organization during any term of his or her enrollment must be
   61  assessed the out-of-state fee established in subsection (4)
   62  during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
   63         Section 5. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.26,
   64  Florida Statutes, to read:
   65         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
   66         (22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
   67  organization during any term of his or her enrollment is
   68  ineligible for any fee waiver under this section during that
   69  term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
   70         Section 6. Section 1009.8963, Florida Statutes, is created
   71  to read:
   72         1009.8963 Prohibition on awarding of scholarships, grants,
   73  and other aid.—A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
   74  organization during any term of his or her enrollment may not be
   75  awarded any institutional or state grants, financial aid,
   76  scholarships, or tuition assistance under this chapter during
   77  that term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
   78         Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.