Bill Text: FL S0396 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Fee Waivers for Students Living in a Recovery Residence

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2022-03-14 - Died in Education [S0396 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S0396-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 396
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       29-00102A-22                                           2022396__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fee waivers for students living in
    3         a recovery residence; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.;
    4         authorizing each Florida College System institution,
    5         career center operated by a school district, and
    6         charter technical career center to waive out-of-state
    7         fees for students living in a recovery residence;
    8         providing eligibility criteria for such students;
    9         prohibiting tuition and fees charged to a student
   10         granted the waiver from exceeding the tuition and fees
   11         charged to a resident student; requiring a student to
   12         provide written or electronic verification of his or
   13         her residence; providing requirements for such
   14         verification; providing an eligibility period for
   15         students who provide the required verification;
   16         providing for the renewal of the out-of-state fee
   17         waiver; providing a statewide limit on such waivers;
   18         requiring each Florida College System institution,
   19         career center operated by a school district, and
   20         charter technical career center to report to the State
   21         Board of Education the number and value of all such
   22         waivers granted annually; requiring the board to adopt
   23         rules; providing an effective date.
   24          
   25  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   26  
   27         Section 1. Subsection (21) is added to section 1009.26,
   28  Florida Statutes, to read:
   29         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
   30         (21)(a) Each Florida College System institution, career
   31  center operated by a school district under s. 1001.44, and
   32  charter technical career center under s. 1002.34 may waive out
   33  of-state fees for students who currently live in a recovery
   34  residence, as defined in s. 397.311, and are employed in this
   35  state and work at least 20 hours per week.
   36         (b) Tuition and fees charged to a student granted an out
   37  of-state fee waiver under this subsection may not exceed the
   38  tuition and fees charged to a resident student.
   39         (c)1. To receive an out-of-state fee waiver under this
   40  subsection, a student must provide written or electronic
   41  verification that he or she currently resides in a recovery
   42  residence, as defined in s. 397.311, to the Florida College
   43  System institution, career center operated by a school district
   44  under s. 1001.44, or charter technical career center under s.
   45  1002.34 where he or she is enrolled. Such verification must be:
   46         a. A lease agreement signed by the student and the operator
   47  of the recovery residence; or
   48         b. An affidavit signed by a certified recovery residence
   49  administrator or clinical supervisor, as defined in s. 397.311.
   50         2. A student who provides the verification required under
   51  subparagraph 1. remains eligible for the out-of-state fee waiver
   52  for 1 academic year.
   53         3. To renew his or her out-of-state fee waiver, a student
   54  must maintain a cumulative 2.5 grade point average or higher on
   55  a 4.0 scale and resubmit his or her verification pursuant to
   56  subparagraph 1.
   57         (d)1. Fee waivers granted pursuant to this subsection may
   58  not exceed 50 students statewide each academic year.
   59         2. Each Florida College System institution, career center
   60  operated by a school district under s. 1001.44, and charter
   61  technical career center under s. 1002.34 shall report to the
   62  State Board of Education the number and value of all fee waivers
   63  granted annually under this subsection.
   64         (e) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
   65  administer this subsection.
   66         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.