PRINTER'S NO. 1321
No. 1168 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY LUCYK, WOJNAROSKI, PESCI, HENNESSEY, READSHAW,
SHANER, GODSHALL, WALKO, LAUGHLIN, PETRONE, CAWLEY, BARRAR,
STEELMAN, E. Z. TAYLOR, MICHLOVIC, GEIST, McCALL, BELFANTI
AND ROONEY, APRIL 7, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 7, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for amount of grants
3 for educational assistance.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3205(a) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3205. Amount of grants.
9 (a) Full-time student assistance grants.--Grants awarded
10 under this chapter to full-time students shall be determined by
11 the agency without regard to financial need and shall not exceed
12 for each academic year the lesser of:
13 (1) the tuition of the approved institution of higher
14 learning for the approved program of education in which the
15 member is enrolled; [or]
16 (2) two-thirds of the tuition charged to a resident of
17 this Commonwealth at a member institution of the State System
1 of Higher Education for the same academic year[.]; or
2 (3) the full tuition charged to a resident of this
3 Commonwealth at a member institution of the State System of
4 Higher Education for the same academic year for full-time
5 students who are also enrolled in officer candidate schools.
6 (b) Part-time student assistance grants.--Grants awarded
7 under this chapter to part-time students shall be determined by
8 the agency without regard to financial need and shall not exceed
9 for each academic year or period the lesser of:
10 (1) one-half of the tuition for the part-time course of
11 study in which the member is enrolled; or
12 (2) one-third of the tuition charged to a resident of
13 the Commonwealth at a member institution of the State System
14 of Higher Education for the same academic year or period.
15 (c) Other grants.--The agency shall not reduce the amount of
16 other agency grants or aid for which the eligible member
17 qualifies on account of the member's eligibility for or receipt
18 of grants under this chapter.
19 (d) Adjustments.--If the agency and the Adjutant General
20 determine that the amount appropriated for the program in any
21 year will be insufficient to provide grants in the amounts set
22 forth in this section to all eligible members, the agency and
23 the department may reduce the maximum amount of the grants
24 proportionately or set a limit on the number of participants to
25 ensure that sums expended do not exceed appropriations.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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