Florida Senate - 2021 SB 176



By Senator Cruz





18-00301-21 2021176__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to postsecondary fee waivers; amending
3 s. 1009.26, F.S.; providing specified fee waivers for
4 graduate students who meet certain requirements;
5 providing an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8
9 Section 1. Present subsections (16) and (17) of section
10 1009.26, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (17)
11 and (18), respectively, and a new subsection (16) is added to
12 that section, to read:
13 1009.26 Fee waivers.—
14 (16) A state university shall waive the fees imposed in s.
15 1009.24(7)-(13) for a graduate student who has at least a 0.25
16 full-time equivalent appointment as a graduate assistant,
17 graduate research assistant, graduate teaching assistant,
18 graduate research associate, or graduate teaching associate.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.