(3) (a) Each state university board of trustees shall adopt procedures to connect undergraduate students to career planning, coaching, and related programs during the first academic year of the student’s enrollment. Such procedures must be approved by the Board of Governors and include placing a hold on student registration before the end of the first year of each student's enrollment. To lift the hold and register for classes, each student must:
1. Register with the university’s career center;
2. Complete a career readiness training module provided by the career center;
3. Be directed to the dashboard established in subsection (1); and
4. Affirmatively indicate that _he or she has been provided with the information required under this paragraph and is aware of the employment and wage prospects for his or her declared major.
(b) The Board of Governors of the State University System shall review and approve each university’s procedures by March 1, 2022.
Section 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of section 1009.25, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1009.25 Fee exemptions.—
(1) The following students are exempt from the payment of tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district that provides workforce education programs, Florida College System institution, or state university:
(c) A student who is, or was at the time he or she reached 18 years of age, in the custody of the Department of Children
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