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FL S0336
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kristen Arrington
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AI Summary
- Expands Florida's Educational Dollars for Duty (EDD) program to provide tuition assistance to spouses and children of active Florida National Guard members, covering up to 50 percent of tuition costs
- Requires $500,000 be set aside from existing EDD program funds each fiscal year for family member tuition assistance, with the Legislature authorized to increase that amount as needed
- Assigns the Department of Military Affairs responsibility for overseeing implementation, enforcement, eligibility verification, and fund distribution for the expanded family benefit
- Reorganizes and renumbers the existing EDD program provisions from s. 250.10(7)–(8) into a new standalone section 250.101, Florida Statutes
- Takes effect July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Educational Dollars for Duty Program
Last Action
Died in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development3/11/2025
Full Bill Text
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