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S2516 · Higher Education

2026 Session
Last action March 13, 2026

Higher Education; Establishing the Florida Center for Nursing within the University of South Florida; providing that a specified fee waiver applies to a student’s out-of-pocket expenses for tuition and fees after other aid is applied; providing that the LINE Fund was established for shortages in health science professions in addition to nursing; requiring institutions awarded grant funds to submit an annual report by a certain date to the center instead of the Board of Governors or the Department of Education; requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help to provide specified data to the department, etc.

Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1246 (Ch. 2026-101 ) Effective July 1, 2026 View original ↗