Bill Text: FL H1363 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Postsecondary Student Fees [SPSC]

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-11 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-68 [H1363 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1363-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1363

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to postsecondary student fees; amending s.
3	1009.25, F.S.; clarifying an exemption from fee
4	requirements provided for a student who is or was at the
5	time he or she reached 18 years of age in the custody of a
6	relative under the Relative Caregiver Program or who was
7	adopted from the Department of Children and Family
8	Services after a specified date; providing that certain
9	exemptions include fees associated with enrollment in
10	career-preparatory instruction; deleting an exemption
11	associated with completion of the college-level
12	communication and computation skills testing program;
13	providing that the exemptions remain valid for a specified
14	time; providing an effective date.
15
16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1009.25, Florida
19	Statutes, is amended to read:
20	1009.25 Fee exemptions.-
21	(2) The following students are exempt from the payment of
22	tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district that
23	provides postsecondary career programs, community college, or
24	state university:
25	(a) A student enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
26	admission program pursuant to s. 1007.27 or s. 1007.271.
27	(b) A student enrolled in an approved apprenticeship
28	program, as defined in s. 446.021.
29	(c) A student who is or was at the time he or she reached
30	18 years of age in the custody of the Department of Children and
31	Family Services or a relative under s. 39.5085, who is adopted
32	from the Department of Children and Family Services after May 5,
33	1997, or who, after spending at least 6 months in the custody of
34	the department after reaching 16 years of age, was placed in a
35	guardianship by the court. Such exemption includes fees
36	associated with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction and
37	completion of the college-level communication and computation
38	skills testing program. Such an exemption is available to any
39	student who was in the custody of a relative under s. 39.5085 at
40	the time he or she reached 18 years of age or was adopted from
41	the Department of Children and Family Services after May 5,
42	1997; however, The exemption remains valid until the student
43	reaches 28 years of age for no more than 4 years after the date
44	of graduation from high school.
45	(d) A student who is or was at the time he or she reached
46	18 years of age in the custody of a relative under s. 39.5085 or
47	who was adopted from the Department of Children and Family
48	Services after May 5, 1997. Such exemption includes fees
49	associated with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction.
50	The exemption remains valid until the student reaches 28 years
51	of age.
52	(e)(d) A student enrolled in an employment and training
53	program under the welfare transition program. The regional
54	workforce board shall pay the state university, community
55	college, or school district for costs incurred for welfare
56	transition program participants.
57	(f)(e) A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
58	nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is a
59	public or private shelter designed to provide temporary
60	residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or a
61	public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
62	a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
63	(g)(f) A student who is a proprietor, owner, or worker of
64	a company whose business has been at least 50 percent negatively
65	financially impacted by the buy-out of property around Lake
66	Apopka by the State of Florida. Such a student may receive a fee
67	exemption only if the student has not received compensation
68	because of the buy-out, the student is designated a Florida
69	resident for tuition purposes, pursuant to s. 1009.21, and the
70	student has applied for and been denied financial aid, pursuant
71	to s. 1009.40, which would have provided, at a minimum, payment
72	of all student fees. The student is responsible for providing
73	evidence to the postsecondary education institution verifying
74	that the conditions of this paragraph have been met, including
75	supporting support documentation provided by the Department of
76	Revenue. The student must be currently enrolled in, or begin
77	coursework within, a program area by fall semester 2000. The
78	exemption is valid for a period of 4 years after from the date
79	that the postsecondary education institution confirms that the
80	conditions of this paragraph have been met.
81	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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