PRINTER'S NO. 1842
No. 1580 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PRATT, ZWIKL, BELFANTI, PETRARCA, KUKOVICH,
MICHLOVIC, SEVENTY, GREENFIELD, BLAUM, PHILLIPS, MAIALE,
WOGAN, MARMION, TELEK, PUCCIARELLI, McINTYRE, HALUSKA,
CAWLEY, TIGUE, COLAFELLA AND ITKIN, JUNE 15, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 15, 1981
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 grants to certain part-time
8 students.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Clause (4) of subsection (a) of section 4, act of
12 January 25, 1966 (1965 P.L.1546, No.541), entitled "An act
13 providing scholarships and providing funds to secure Federal
14 funds for qualified students of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 who need financial assistance to attend postsecondary
16 institutions of higher learning, making an appropriation, and
17 providing for the administration of this act," amended December
18 18, 1969 (P.L.383, No.169), is amended and a subsection is added
19 to read:
20 Section 4. (a) Any student is eligible for consideration for
1 a State scholarship providing:
2 * * *
3 (4) [He] Except as provided in subsection (e), the student
4 is enrolled, or will be enrolled in the fall semester
5 immediately following his secondary school graduation or his
6 date of application, as a full-time student at an institution of
7 higher learning: Provided, however, That failure to enroll in
8 the fall semester immediately following secondary school
9 graduation shall not render ineligible a student who entered
10 service in the military forces of the United States, the Peace
11 Corps or Volunteers in Service to America, during the fall
12 semester immediately following his secondary school graduation;
13 * * *
14 (e) For purposes of awarding grants the agency shall not
15 distinguish between full-time students and part-time students if
16 the number of course credits per calendar year completed by
17 part-time students is equal to or more than the minimum number
18 of course credits required of full-time students per academic
19 year insofar as it entitles each person to receive up to the
20 maximum amount in grants per academic year.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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