PRINTER'S NO. 2902
No. 2066 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY HERSHEY, BELFANTI, PHILLIPS, FAIRCHILD, BAKER,
BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN,
CREIGHTON, EVERETT, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL,
GRUCELA, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON,
M. KELLER, LENTZ, LONGIETTI, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO,
R. MILLER, MOYER, MUNDY, MURT, MYERS, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, SWANGER,
THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, NOVEMBER 21, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1266, No.287),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act conferring limited residency
3 status on military personnel, their dependents and civilian
4 personnel assigned to an active duty station in
5 Pennsylvania," further providing that once eligibility for
6 in-State tuition rates is established, rates shall continue
7 until program completion.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 1(a) of the act of December 15, 1982
11 (P.L.1266, No.287), entitled, as amended, "An act conferring
12 limited residency status on military personnel, their dependents
13 and civilian personnel assigned to an active duty station in
14 Pennsylvania," amended June 28, 1996 (P.L.420, No.60), is
15 amended to read:
16 Section 1. (a) General rule.--The term "resident" or
17 "residency," or any other term or expression used to designate a
1 Commonwealth resident student, when used to determine the rate
2 of tuition to be charged students attending community colleges,
3 State-related and State-owned institutions of higher learning
4 shall be construed to mean and include any military personnel or
5 their dependents who are assigned to an active duty station in
6 Pennsylvania and who reside in Pennsylvania and any civilian
7 personnel or their dependents employed at a Department of
8 Defense facility who are transferred to Pennsylvania by the
9 Department of Defense and who reside in Pennsylvania. Military
10 personnel and their dependents and civilian personnel and their
11 dependents who are admitted to a community college or a State-
12 related or State-owned institution shall be charged resident
13 tuition rates provided that the student is a resident under this
14 section on the first day of the semester or term of the college
15 or institution. Military personnel and their dependents who are
16 receiving resident tuition rates granted under this section
17 shall continue to be eligible for resident tuition rates until
18 completion of the degree in which the student was pursuing upon
19 activation, regardless of a change of major.
20 * * *
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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