Florida Senate - 2024 SB 494 By Senator Avila 39-00064C-24 2024494__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to graduate program admissions; 3 creating s. 1004.032, F.S.; defining terms; requiring 4 an institution of higher education to waive certain 5 examination requirements for a servicemember who 6 applies for admission to a graduate program that 7 requires such examination; providing an effective 8 date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1.Section 1004.032, Florida Statutes, is created 13 to read: 14 1004.032Graduate program admission for servicemembers. 15 (1)As used in this section, the term: 16 (a)GMAT means the Graduate Management Admission Test. 17 (b)Graduate program means an advanced academic degree 18 program in a specialized field of study, including, but not 19 limited to, a masters or doctoral degree program, which degree 20 is pursued after one has obtained a bachelors degree. 21 (c)GRE means the Graduate Record Examination. 22 (d)Institution of higher education means a Florida 23 College System institution or a state university as those terms 24 are defined in s. 1000.21(5) and (8), respectively. 25 (e)Servicemember has the same meaning as in s. 250.01. 26 (2)An institution of higher education shall waive the GRE 27 or GMAT requirement for a servicemember who applies for 28 admission to a graduate program that requires such examination. 29 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.