Florida Senate - 2024 SB 470



By Senator Ingoglia





11-00780A-24 2024470__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to postsecondary education students;
3 amending s. 1006.61, F.S.; requiring public
4 postsecondary educational institutions to report
5 certain student information to the United States
6 Department of Homeland Security; defining the term
7 “foreign terrorist organization”; amending s. 1009.01,
8 F.S.; defining the term “foreign terrorist
9 organization”; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; requiring a
10 Florida College System institution to assess the out
11 of-state fee for students who promote a foreign
12 terrorist organization; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.;
13 requiring a state university to assess the out-of
14 state fee for students who promote a foreign terrorist
15 organization; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; providing
16 that students who promote a foreign terrorist
17 organization are ineligible for a fee waiver; creating
18 s. 1009.8963, F.S.; providing that students who
19 promote a foreign terrorist organization are
20 ineligible for any institutional or state grants,
21 financial aid, scholarships, or tuition assistance;
22 providing an effective date.
23
24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
25
26 Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 1006.61,
27 Florida Statutes, to read:
28 1006.61 Participation by students in disruptive activities
29 at public postsecondary educational institution; penalties.—
30 (3) A public postsecondary educational institution must
31 report through the Student and Exchange Visitor Program of the
32 United States Department of Homeland Security, pursuant to 8
33 C.F.R. s. 214.3(g)(2)(ii), information relating to the current
34 status of a student who is attending the institution on an F-1
35 student visa if that student promotes any foreign terrorist
36 organization. For the purposes of this section, the term
37 “foreign terrorist organization” has the same meaning as in s.
38 1009.01(4).
39 Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 1009.01,
40 Florida Statutes, to read:
41 1009.01 Definitions.—The term:
42 (4) “Foreign terrorist organization” includes those
43 organizations designated by the United States Department of
44 State as a foreign organization that engages in or has the
45 capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity and
46 threatens the defense, foreign relations, or economic interests
47 of the United States. The designation includes, but is not
48 limited to, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad.
49 Section 3. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.23,
50 Florida Statutes, to read:
51 1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
52 (22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
53 organization during any term of his or her enrollment must be
54 assessed the out-of-state fee established in subsections (3) and
55 (4) during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
56 Section 4. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.24,
57 Florida Statutes, to read:
58 1009.24 State university student fees.—
59 (22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
60 organization during any term of his or her enrollment must be
61 assessed the out-of-state fee established in subsection (4)
62 during that term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
63 Section 5. Subsection (22) is added to section 1009.26,
64 Florida Statutes, to read:
65 1009.26 Fee waivers.—
66 (22) A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
67 organization during any term of his or her enrollment is
68 ineligible for any fee waiver under this section during that
69 term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
70 Section 6. Section 1009.8963, Florida Statutes, is created
71 to read:
72 1009.8963 Prohibition on awarding of scholarships, grants,
73 and other aid.—A student who promotes a foreign terrorist
74 organization during any term of his or her enrollment may not be
75 awarded any institutional or state grants, financial aid,
76 scholarships, or tuition assistance under this chapter during
77 that term and any subsequent term of enrollment.
78 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.