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.
- Chamber
- Senate
- Introduced
- Feb 13, 2026
- Last action
- Mar 13, 2026 — Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1246 (Ch. 2026-101)
- Session
- 2026
- Momentum
- 5 · Stalled