Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 882
       
       
        
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       
       34-01049-26                                            2026882__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fee waivers; amending s. 1009.26,
    3         F.S.; specifying that a requirement for certain
    4         universities, colleges, career centers, and charter
    5         technical career centers to waive out-of-state fees
    6         for certain students applies to students who are
    7         undocumented for federal immigration purposes;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section
   13  1009.26, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
   15         (12)(a) A state university, a Florida College System
   16  institution, a career center operated by a school district under
   17  s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career center shall waive
   18  out-of-state fees for students, including, but not limited to,
   19  students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes,
   20  who are citizens of the United States or lawfully present in the
   21  United States who meet the following conditions:
   22         1. Attended a secondary school in this state for 3
   23  consecutive years immediately before graduating from a high
   24  school in this state;
   25         2. Apply for enrollment in an institution of higher
   26  education within 24 months after high school graduation; and
   27         3. Submit an official Florida high school transcript as
   28  evidence of attendance and graduation.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.