Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H6067 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective 2
16	16	Access to Student Education Grant Program; amending s. 3
17	17	1009.89, F.S.; revising the institutions a student 4
18	18	must attend to receive a William L. Boyd, IV, 5
19	19	Effective Access to Student Education grant to include 6
20	20	certain for-profit independent colleges and 7
21	21	universities; providing an effective date. 8
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23	23	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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25	25	Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 1009.89, 12
26	26	Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 13
27	27	1009.89 The William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to 14
28	28	Student Education grants. — 15
29	29	(1) The Legislature finds and declares that independent 16
30	30	nonprofit colleges and universities eligible to participate in 17
31	31	the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education 18
32	32	Grant Program are an integral part of the higher education 19
33	33	system in this state and that a significant number of state 20
34	34	residents choose this form of hig her education. The Legislature 21
35	35	further finds that a strong and viable system of independent 22
36	36	nonprofit colleges and universities reduces the tax burden on 23
37	37	the citizens of the state. Because the William L. Boyd, IV, 24
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51	51	related to a student's financial need or other criteria upon 26
52	52	which financial aid programs are based, it is the intent of the 27
53	53	Legislature that the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to 28
54	54	Student Education Grant Program not be considered a financial 29
55	55	aid program but rather a tuition assistance program for its 30
56	56	citizens. 31
57	57	(3) The department shall issue through the program a 32
58	58	William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education grant 33
59	59	to any full-time degree-seeking undergraduate student re gistered 34
60	60	at an independent nonprofit college or university which is 35
61	61	located in and chartered by the state; which is accredited by 36
62	62	the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of 37
63	63	Colleges and Schools; which grants baccalaureate degrees; which 38
64	64	is not a state university or Florida College System institution; 39
65	65	and which has a secular purpose, so long as the receipt of state 40
66	66	aid by students at the institution would not have the primary 41
67	67	effect of advancing or impeding religion or result in an 42
68	68	excessive entanglement between the state and any religious sect. 43
69	69	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 44