HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 336 PRINTER'S NO. 878
No. 334 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY REIBMAN AND CIANFRANI, FEBRUARY 15, 1971
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 8, 1971
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 24, 1963 (P.L.1132), entitled "An act
2 providing for the creation, establishment and operation of
3 community colleges, granting certain powers to the State
4 Board of Education, the Council of Higher Education and the
5 Department of Public Instruction; authorizing school
6 districts, county boards of school directors and
7 municipalities to sponsor community colleges; authorizing
8 school districts and municipalities to levy certain taxes;
9 providing for reimbursements by the Commonwealth of certain
10 costs and expenses, and making an appropriation," further
11 providing for the tuition charge of community colleges.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 9, act of August 24, 1963 (P.L.1132),
15 known as the "Community College Act of 1963," is amended to
16 read:
17 Section 9. Tuition.--(a) The normal tuition charged by each
18 community college shall be an amount fixed by the board of
19 trustees of the community college, in accordance with policies,
20 standards, rules and regulations of the State Board of
21 Education, determined by apportioning among the students
22 enrolled in such college not more than one-third of its annual
1 operating costs.
2 (b) A student who is not a resident in the area of the local
3 sponsor of the community college in which he is enrolled and who
4 enrolled himself in such college with the approval of the board
5 of trustees of the community college established in the area in
6 which he resides, if there be one, shall pay the normal tuition
7 charge of the college he attends, but the board of trustees of
8 the college established in his area of residence shall pay on
9 behalf of such student to the college in which he is enrolled an
10 amount equal to [twice such college's normal tuition charge and]
11 the amount established by the board of trustees of the attended
12 college as its own sponsor share of the cost per equivalent
13 full-time student. The community college at which the student
14 registers shall be entitled to State reimbursement on behalf of
15 that student in the same manner as a student resident in the
16 sponsorship area as hereinafter provided.
17 (c) A student who is a resident of the Commonwealth in an
18 area which is not a local sponsor of a community college and who
19 is enrolled in a community college in accordance with the
20 policies, standards, rules and regulations of the State Board of
21 Education shall pay a tuition charge [equal to twice such
22 college's normal tuition charge.] fixed by the board of trustees
23 of the college attended. Such tuition shall total the amount
24 representing the difference between total operating cost per
25 equivalent full-time student and the amount payable by the State
26 on behalf of each equivalent full-time student enrolled. The
27 community college enrolling such student shall be entitled to
28 State reimbursement as hereinafter provided.
29 (d) A student who is not a resident in the area of the local
30 sponsor of the community college in which he is enrolled and who
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1 has enrolled himself in such college without the approval of the
2 board of trustees of the community college established in the
3 area in which he resides, if there is one, shall pay a tuition
4 charge [which shall be equal to three times the normal tuition <--
5 charge of the community college in which he is enrolled and no
6 State reimbursement shall be paid on account of such student.] <--
7 fixed by the board of trustees of the college attended. Such
8 tuition charge shall equal the difference between total
9 operating cost per equivalent full-time student and the amount
10 payable by the State on behalf of each equivalent full-time
11 student enrolled. The community college enrolling such student
12 shall be entitled to State reimbursement as hereinafter
13 provided.
14 (e) A student who is not a resident of the Commonwealth and
15 who is enrolled in a community college in accordance with the
16 policies, standards, rules and regulations of the State Board of
17 Education shall pay such tuition charge as is [approved by the <--
18 Department of [Public Instruction] fixed by the board of <--
19 trustees of that college for non-Commonwealth residents. With
20 the approval of the board of trustees of the admitting community
21 college and the Department of Education, students who are not
22 residents of the Commonwealth may be eligible for whatever
23 tuition credits are established through reciprocal agreements
24 with other states EDUCATION. <--
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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