PRINTER'S NO. 759
No. 691 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY COWELL, COLAFELLA, HERMAN, EVANS, LINTON, TIGUE,
KOSINSKI, BATTISTO, SCHULER, COY, FOX, E. Z. TAYLOR,
LESCOVITZ, LANGTRY, ITKIN, ROBINSON, OLIVER, DALEY, NOYE,
CAWLEY, KUKOVICH, JOHNSON, PRESTON, J. L. WRIGHT, VROON, FEE,
PRESSMANN, DOMBROWSKI, CAPPABIANCA, PISTELLA, LETTERMAN,
MAINE, MAIALE, D. W. SNYDER, MARKOSEK, VAN HORNE, SEMMEL,
NAHILL, JOSEPHS, MERRY, REBER, HALUSKA, TANGRETTI, TRELLO,
CARLSON, HERSHEY, PETRARCA, DeLUCA, WOZNIAK, SAURMAN, FLICK,
MICHLOVIC, JAROLIN, STEIGHNER, McHALE, MORRIS, MELIO,
CORRIGAN, HARPER, MICOZZIE, STUBAN, GEIST, BELARDI, STABACK,
CIVERA, THOMAS, GRUPPO, OLASZ, BELFANTI, BUSH, BUNT, RAYMOND,
McVERRY, LAUGHLIN, LASHINGER, HUGHES, SALOOM AND KASUNIC,
MARCH 7, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 7, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 31, 1971 (P.L.423, No.101), entitled
2 "An act providing for Commonwealth support for institutions
3 of higher education to furnish learning and special
4 counseling services for undergraduate students whose
5 cultural, economic and educational disadvantages impair their
6 initial ability to pursue successfully higher education
7 opportunities, and making an appropriation," further
8 providing for eligibility of part-time students.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Sections 2 and 3 of the act of August 31, 1971
12 (P.L.423, No.101), known as the Higher Education Equal
13 Opportunity Act, are amended to read:
14 Section 2. Legislative Findings.--The General Assembly finds
15 and declares that because of financial, home and community
1 environmental conditions, part-time and full-time students with
2 substantial potential for success in college and for future
3 leadership in the community are unable to pursue a higher
4 education and attain their full educational capability. In order
5 to combat effectively the forces which prevent these students
6 from pursuing a higher education, a variety of programs and
7 methods must be tried.
8 This act is designed to provide funds to institutions of
9 higher education in the Commonwealth for the purpose of offering
10 programs to enhance the chances of disadvantaged part-time and
11 full-time students to achieve their educational goals.
12 Section 3. Definitions.--The following words and phrases
13 shall have the following meanings:
14 (1) "Institutions of higher education" shall mean those post
15 secondary institutions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 authorized to award degrees.
17 (2) ["Student"] "Full-time student" shall mean any bona fide
18 resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who has been
19 admitted as a full-time student to an institution of higher
20 education and who is economically and educationally
21 disadvantaged in accordance with criteria to be established by
22 the State Board of Education.
23 (3) "Part-time student" shall mean any bona fide resident of
24 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who has been admitted into a
25 degree program as a less than full-time student, but who is
26 enrolled in at least the equivalent of six semester credits or
27 225 clock hours of instruction per semester, in an institution
28 of higher education and who is economically and educationally
29 disadvantaged in accordance with the criteria to be established
30 by the State Board of Education.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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