PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1480 PRINTER'S NO. 1640
No. 1184 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, PUNT, KITCHEN, BELL, HELFRICK, WAGNER,
TILGHMAN, LEMMOND, SALVATORE, SLOCUM, O'PAKE, KUKOVICH,
EARLL, COSTA, BOSCOLA, WENGER, STAPLETON, RHOADES, STOUT,
WOZNIAK, KASUNIC, TOMLINSON AND WAUGH, NOVEMBER 8, 1999
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, FEBRUARY 2, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further defining "qualified resident";
3 and further providing for eligibility for educational
4 assistance and for amount of educational assistance grants.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The definition of "qualified resident" in section
8 3201 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
9 amended to read:
10 § 3201. Definitions.
11 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
12 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
13 context clearly indicates otherwise:
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15 "Qualified resident." An individual who has been a bona fide
16 resident of this Commonwealth [for a period of at least 12
17 consecutive months immediately] prior to the time an application
18 for a grant is made. The Pennsylvania Higher Education
1 Assistance Agency shall make the final decision on whether an
2 applicant is a qualified resident.
3 Section 2. Sections 3202 and 3205(a) of Title 51 are amended
4 to read:
5 § 3202. Eligibility.
6 (a) General rule.--A Pennsylvania National Guard member is
7 eligible to receive a public service educational grant under
8 this chapter if the member meets all of the following
9 eligibility criteria:
10 (1) The member is a qualified resident of this
11 Commonwealth.
12 [(2) The member serves in an enlisted grade or in the
13 grade of a warrant officer 1, warrant officer 2, first
14 lieutenant or second lieutenant.
15 (3)](2) The member is a member in good standing and has
16 been a satisfactory participant in Pennsylvania National
17 Guard activities for a minimum service period established by
18 the Adjutant General.
19 [(4)](3) The member has enrolled as a student in an
20 approved program of education at an approved institution of
21 higher learning.
22 (b) Additional eligibility criteria for full-time student
23 assistance grants.--In addition to the eligibility criteria
24 specified in subsection (a), a student must meet the following
25 eligibility criteria to qualify for a full-time student
26 assistance grant:
27 (1) The member does not possess a baccalaureate degree.
28 (2) The member accepts an obligation to serve in the
29 Pennsylvania National Guard for a period of six years from
30 the date of entry into the program by enlistment,
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1 reenlistment, extension of enlistment or execution of a
2 service commitment.
3 (3) The member has enrolled as a full-time student in an
4 approved program of education at an approved institution of
5 higher learning.
6 (4) The member is not receiving a Reserve Officer
7 Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship, excluding a Guaranteed
8 Reserve Forces Duty Scholarship.
9 § 3205. Amount of grants.
10 (a) Full-time student assistance grants.--Grants awarded
11 under this chapter to full-time students shall be determined by
12 the agency without regard to financial need and shall not exceed
13 for each academic year the lesser of:
14 (1) the tuition of the approved institution of higher
15 learning for the approved program of education in which the
16 member is enrolled; or
17 (2) [two-thirds of] the tuition charged to a resident of
18 this Commonwealth at a member institution of the State System
19 of Higher Education for the same academic year.
20 * * *
21 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days, JULY 1, <--
22 2000, OR IMMEDIATELY, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
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