Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 494
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/16/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Avila) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 25 - 27
    4  and insert:
    5         (2)(a) An institution of higher education shall waive the
    6  GRE or GMAT requirement for a servicemember who applies for
    7  admission to a graduate program that requires such examination.
    8         (b) An institution of higher education shall waive the GRE
    9  or GMAT requirement for a person who served in the United States
   10  Armed Forces, the Florida National Guard, or the United States
   11  Reserve Forces and was discharged or released under any
   12  condition other than dishonorable and who applies for admission
   13  to a graduate program that requires such examination.
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   15  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   16  And the title is amended as follows:
   17         Delete line 5
   18  and insert:
   19         examination requirements for a servicemember or a
   20         person who served in the United States Armed Forces,
   21         the Florida National Guard, or the United States
   22         Reserve Forces and was discharged or released under
   23         any condition other than dishonorable and who