Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1164
By Senator Detert
23-01136-12 20121164__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to postsecondary education tuition;
3 amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing that a dependent
4 child who lived in the state with a parent before the
5 parent’s death and who continues to live in the state
6 with an adult who is not the child’s parent while
7 completing the requirements for a high school diploma
8 may qualify as a resident for tuition purposes
9 regardless of whether a parent who does not live in
10 the state claims the minor as a dependent pursuant to
11 federal income tax provisions; providing an effective
12 date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of
17 section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, 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 (2)
26 (d) The legal residence of a dependent child who lived in
27 this state with a parent before the parent’s death and who
28 continues to live in this state with an adult who is not the
29 child’s parent while completing the requirements for a high
30 school diploma may qualify as a resident for tuition purposes
31 regardless of whether a parent who does not live in this state
32 claims the minor as a dependent pursuant to federal income tax
33 provisions.
34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.