Florida Senate - 2024 SB 1518



By Senator Berman





26-00401-24 20241518__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to state university student fee
3 waivers; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring state
4 universities to waive specified fees for graduate
5 students who meet a specified full-time equivalent
6 appointment requirement; providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Present subsections (16) through (21) of section
11 1009.26, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (17)
12 through (22), respectively, and a new subsection (16) is added
13 to that section, to read:
14 1009.26 Fee waivers.—
15 (16) A state university shall waive the fees imposed in s.
16 1009.24(7)-(13) for a graduate student who has at least a 0.25
17 full-time equivalent appointment or greater as a graduate
18 assistant, graduate research assistant, graduate teaching
19 assistant, graduate research associate, or graduate teaching
20 associate.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.