Bill Text: FL H0441 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Resident Status for Tuition Purposes

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in K-20 Innovation Subcommittee [H0441 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0441-Introduced.html

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HB 441

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to resident status for tuition
3	purposes; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; classifying as
4	residents for tuition purposes certain dependent
5	children who meet requirements relating to high school
6	attendance, timely enrollment in an institution of
7	higher education, and submission of the high school
8	transcript; requiring the State Board of Education to
9	adopt rules and the Board of Governors of the State
10	University System to adopt regulations; providing an
11	effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (10) of
16	section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, and subsection (13) of that
17	section is amended, to read:
18	1009.21  Determination of resident status for tuition
19	purposes.-Students shall be classified as residents or
20	nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in
21	postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical
22	career centers or career centers operated by school districts,
23	in Florida College System institutions, and in state
24	universities.
25	(10)  The following persons shall be classified as
26	residents for tuition purposes:
27	(l)  A dependent child who is a United States citizen, a
28	lawful permanent resident, or a qualified legal alien whose
29	parent is not a United States citizen, a lawful permanent
30	resident, or a qualified legal alien and who attends a Florida
31	high school for 4 consecutive years, enrolls in an institution
32	of higher education within 12 months after graduating from a
33	Florida high school, and submits to the institution of higher
34	education his or her high school transcript prior to initial
35	enrollment in the institution.
36	(13)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and
37	the Board of Governors shall adopt regulations rules to
38	implement this section.
39	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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