| |
| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 962 | PRINTER'S NO. 1625 |
|
| |
| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
| |
| SENATE BILL |
|
| |
| |
| INTRODUCED BY STACK, RAFFERTY, BAKER, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, COSTA, FONTANA, MELLOW, WASHINGTON, LOGAN, WARD, BOSCOLA, WAUGH, PIPPY, ALLOWAY, D. WHITE, MUSTO AND HUGHES, MAY 1, 2009 |
| |
| |
| SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, JANUARY 26, 2010 |
| |
| |
| |
| AN ACT |
| |
1 | Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in military leave of absence, further |
3 | providing for educational leave of absence. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 7313 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 7313. Educational leave of absence. |
9 | (a) General rule.--Whenever any member of the Pennsylvania |
10 | National Guard or other reserve component of the armed forces of |
11 | the United States shall be called or ordered to active duty, |
12 | other than active duty for training, including, in the case of |
13 | members of the Pennsylvania National Guard, active State duty, |
14 | the educational institution in which the member is enrolled |
15 | shall grant the member a military leave of absence from [their] |
16 | the member's education. Persons on military leave of absence |
17 | from their educational institution shall be entitled, upon |
|
1 | release from military duty, to be restored to the educational |
2 | status they had attained prior to their being ordered to |
3 | military duty without loss of academic credits earned, |
4 | scholarships or grants awarded or tuition and other fees paid |
5 | prior to the commencement of the military duty. |
6 | (b) Change in degree requirements.--If the requirements to |
7 | obtain a degree change while a member is on active duty with the |
8 | Pennsylvania National Guard or the reserve components of the |
9 | armed forces of the United States, the member shall have the |
10 | right to pursue the member's academic degree under the new | <-- |
11 | requirements or the requirements in place prior to the member's |
12 | call or order to active duty, other than active duty for |
13 | training, including, in the case of a member of the Pennsylvania |
14 | National Guard, active State duty. |
15 | (c) Notice of rights.--Upon the return of a member of the |
16 | Pennsylvania National Guard or the reserve components of the |
17 | armed forces of the United States from active duty to an |
18 | educational institution, the educational institution shall |
19 | advise the member in writing or through electronic mail of the |
20 | member's rights under this section. |
21 | (d) Refunds or credits of tuition and fees paid.--It shall |
22 | be the duty of the educational institution to refund tuition or |
23 | fees paid or to credit the tuition and fees to the next semester |
24 | or term after the termination of the educational military leave |
25 | of absence at the option of the student. |
26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
|