Title: Postsecondary Education Students

Summary: Requires public postsecondary educational institutions to report certain student information to U.S. Department of Homeland Security; requires FCS institutions & state universities to assess out-of-state fee for students who promote foreign terrorist organization; & provides that students who promote foreign terrorist organization are ineligible for specified fee waivers & any institutional or state grants, financial aid, scholarships, or tuition assistance.

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An act relating to postsecondary education students; amending s. 1006.61, F.S.; requiring public postsecondary educational institutions to report certain student information to the United States Department of Homeland Security; defining the term "foreign terrorist organization"; amending s. 1009.01, F.S.; defining the term "foreign terrorist organization"; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; requiring a Florida College Sys tem institution to assess the out of-state fee for students who promote a foreign terrorist organization; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; requiring a state university to assess the out-of-state fee for students who promote a foreign terrorist organization; amen ding s. 1009.26, F.S.; providing that students who promote a foreign terrorist organization are ineligible for specified fee waivers; creating s. 1009.8963, F.S.; providing that students who promote a foreign terrorist organization are ineligible for any i nstitutional or state grants, financial aid, scholarships, or tuition assistance; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: HB 2024 Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 1006.61, Florida Statutes, to read: 1006.61 Participation by students in disruptive activities at public postsecondary educational institution; penalties.-(3) A public postsecondary educational institution must report through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program of the United States Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to 32 C.F.R. s. 214.3(g)(2)(ii), information relating to the current status of a student who is attending the institution on an F34 student visa if that student promotes any foreign terrorist organization. For the purposes of this section, the term "foreign terrorist organization" has the same meaning as in s. 1009.01(4). Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 1009.01, Florida Statutes, to read: 1009.01 Definitions.-The term: (4) "Foreign terro rist organization" includes those organizations designated by the United States Department of State as a foreign organization that engages in or has the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity and threatens the defense, foreign relations, or economic interests of the United States. The designation includes, but is not limited to, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad. Section 3. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.23, Florida Statutes, to read: HB 2024 1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.-(22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist organization during any term of his or her enrollment must be assessed the out-of-state fee established in subsections (3) and (4) during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment. Section 4. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.24, Florida Statutes, to read: 1009.24 State university student fees.-(22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist organization during any term of his or her enrollment must be assessed the out-of-state fee established in subsection (4) during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment. Section 5. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.26, Florida Statutes, to read: 1009.26 Fee waivers.-(22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist organization during any term of his or her enrollment is ineligible for any fee waiver under this section during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment. Section 6. Section 1009.8963, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 1009.8963 Prohibition on awarding of scholarships, grants, and other aid.-A student who promotes a foreign terrorist organization during any term of his or her enrollment may not be awarded any institutional or state grants, financial aid, HB 2024 scholarships, or tuition a ssistance under this chapter during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment. Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.