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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.
Latest development · Mar 13, 2026
Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1246 (Ch. 2026-101)
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Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1246 (Ch. 2026-101)
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The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
Read 3rd time
Read 2nd time
Introduced
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Filed
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
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