Title: Postsecondary Student Fees

Summary: Provides exemption from payment of nonresident tuition at state university or Florida College System institution for undocumented student who meets specified requirements; requires Board of Governors of State University System to adopt regulations & State Board of Education to adopt rules.

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An act relating to postsecondary student fees; creating s. 1009.215, F.S.; providing an exemption from payment of nonresident tuition at a state university or a Florida College System institution for an undocumented student who meets specified requirements; requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System to adopt regulations and the State Board of Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date. 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 Section 1. Section 1009.215, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 1009.215 Nonresident tuition exemption.-(1) Beginning with the 2011 fall term, an undocumented student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the meaning of U.S.C. s. 1101(a)(15), is exempt from paying nonresident tuition at a state university or a Florida College System institution if the student meets all of the following requirements: (a) Attended high school in the state for or more years, which need not be consecutive. (b) Graduated from a high school in the state or attained a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to s. 1003.435. (c) Registered as an entering student or is currently enrolled at a state university or a Florida College System institution. (d) Files an affidavit with the state university or the Florida College System institution stating that the student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration status or will file an application as soon as he or she is eligible to do so. (2) The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations and the State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement the nonresident tuition exemption provided in this section. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.