Florida HB 307: Public Postsecondary Tuition and Fee Waivers for Sheriff's Office Employees

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HB 307 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public postsecondary tuition and 2
fee waivers for sheriff's office employees; amending 3
s. 1009.265, F.S.; requiring state universities and 4
Florida College System institutions to waive tuition 5
and fees for sheriff's office employees; providing 6
requirements for the waiver of tuition and fees for 7
sheriff's office employees; providing requirements for 8
a person to be considered a sheriff's office employee; 9
providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsections (1), (2), and (5) of section 14
1009.265, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 15
1009.265 State employee and sheriff's office employee fee 16
waivers.— 17
(1) As a benefit to the employer and employees of the 18
state and each sheriff's office in the state, subject to 19
approval by an employee's agency head or sheriff, or the 20
equivalent, each state university and Florida College System 21
institution shall waive tuition and fees for state employees and 22
sheriff's office employees to enroll for up to 6 credit hours of 23
courses per term on a space-available basis. 24
(2) The Chief Financial Officer, in cooperation with the 25

HB 307 2026

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Florida College System institutions and state universities, 26
shall identify and implement ways to ease the administrative 27
burden to Florida College System institutions and state 28
universities, including, but not limited to, providing easier 29
access to verify state or sheriff's office employment. 30
(5) For purposes of this section:, 31
(a) Employees of the state include employees of the 32
executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state 33
government, except for persons employed by a state university. 34
(b) Employees of a sheriff's office include any full-time 35
sworn law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or civilian 36
employee of the sheriff's office. 37
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 38