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