Florida SB 882: Restrictive Covenants

Bill Text

882 
Fee Waivers 
2025-12-11T09:32:28Z 
Specifying that a requirement for certain universities, colleges, career centers, and charter technical career centers to waive out-of-state fees for certain students applies to students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 882 

 By Senator Jones 

 34-01049-26 2026882__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to fee waivers; amending s. 1009.26, 
 3 F.S.; specifying that a requirement for certain 
 4 universities, colleges, career centers, and charter 
 5 technical career centers to waive out-of-state fees 
 6 for certain students applies to students who are 
 7 undocumented for federal immigration purposes; 
 8 providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section 
 13 1009.26, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 14 1009.26 Fee waivers.— 
 15 (12)(a) A state university, a Florida College System 
 16 institution, a career center operated by a school district under 
 17 s. 1001.44, or a charter technical career center shall waive 
 18 out-of-state fees for students, including, but not limited to, 
 19 students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes, 
 20 who are citizens of the United States or lawfully present in the 
 21 United States who meet the following conditions: 
 22 1. Attended a secondary school in this state for 3 
 23 consecutive years immediately before graduating from a high 
 24 school in this state; 
 25 2. Apply for enrollment in an institution of higher 
 26 education within 24 months after high school graduation; and 
 27 3. Submit an official Florida high school transcript as 
 28 evidence of attendance and graduation. 
 29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.