PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 521 PRINTER'S NO. 2737
No. 479 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, COLAFELLA, FOX, MAIALE, PERZEL, MARKOSEK,
NOYE, JOHNSON, MAINE, LETTERMAN, GIGLIOTTI, GLADECK, HALUSKA,
PHILLIPS, SEMMEL, TRELLO, SAURMAN, MICHLOVIC, McHALE,
WILLIAMS, DIETTERICK, MICOZZIE, GODSHALL, GEIST, ANGSTADT,
BELARDI, FLICK, CORRIGAN, ROBBINS, CLYMER, RYBAK, VEON,
THOMAS, McCALL, CIVERA, OLASZ, BUSH, TELEK, RAYMOND, MILLER,
McVERRY, LAUGHLIN, KASUNIC, HECKLER AND J. H. CLARK,
FEBRUARY 14, 1989
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 15, 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 the length of scholarships.
8 for certain scholarship recipients. <--
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 8(a) of the act of January 25, 1966 (1965
12 P.L.1546, No.541), entitled "An act providing scholarships and
13 providing funds to secure Federal funds for qualified students
14 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania who need financial
15 assistance to attend postsecondary institutions of higher
16 learning, making an appropriation, and providing for the
17 administration of this act," is amended to read:
1 Section 8. (a) Each State scholarship is renewable until
2 the course of study is completed, but not to exceed an
3 additional [three] four academic years beyond the first year of
4 the award. These may not necessarily be consecutive years and
5 the scholarship will be terminated if the student receives his
6 degree in a shorter period of time. Qualifications for renewal
7 will include maintaining satisfactory academic standing, making
8 normal progress toward completion of the course of study, and
9 continued eligibility as determined by the agency including
10 continual legal residency. In the case of a scholarship <--
11 recipient who has been determined by the agency to be an
12 independent student, the scholarship shall, provided that other
13 qualifications for renewal are met, be renewable for four
14 academic years.
15 * * *
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days JULY 1, <--
17 1990.
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