PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1025 PRINTER'S NO. 1655
No. 896 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HESS, WILT, REIBMAN AND RHOADES, MAY 8, 1989
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED,
OCTOBER 23, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 25, 1966 (1965 P.L.1546, No.541),
2 entitled "An act providing scholarships and providing funds
3 to secure Federal funds for qualified students of the
4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who need financial assistance to
5 attend postsecondary institutions of higher learning, making
6 an appropriation, and providing for the administration of
7 this act," further providing for scholarships.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 7(a) of the act of January 25, 1966 (1965
11 P.L.1546, No.541), entitled "An act providing scholarships and
12 providing funds to secure Federal funds for qualified students
13 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who need financial
14 assistance to attend postsecondary institutions of higher
15 learning, making an appropriation, and providing for the
16 administration of this act," amended February 21, 1986 (P.L.46,
17 No.15), is amended to read:
18 Section 7. (a) All scholarship awards will be based on the
19 applicant's financial need, the minimum scholarship award being
20 one hundred dollars ($100) per academic year[, the maximum <--
1 scholarship shall not exceed [two thousand dollars ($2,000)] TWO <--
2 THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,500) per academic year] and <--
3 the maximum scholarship award shall be established annually by
4 the board of directors of the agency [at a maximum level not to <--
5 exceed [two thousand dollars ($2,000)] TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED <--
6 DOLLARS ($2,500) so as to keep expenditures within the funds
7 available through reenactment of appropriations as provided for
8 under the act of March 28, 1974 (P.L.228, No.50), relating to
9 the forward funding of PHEAA grant program and/or from funds
10 appropriated or made available from State, Federal or other
11 sources for grants during any fiscal year.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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