PRINTER'S NO. 1697
No. 1249 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY RHOADES, JANUARY 22, 2008
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JANUARY 22, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," in community colleges, further
6 providing for tuition.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1908-A(a) of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added
11 July 1, 1985 (P.L.103, No.31), is amended to read:
12 Section 1908-A. Tuition.--(a) [The] (1) Subject to the
13 provisions of paragraph (2), the normal tuition charged by each
14 community college shall be an amount fixed by the board of
15 trustees of the community college, in accordance with policies,
16 standards, rules and regulations of the State Board of
17 Education, determined by apportioning among the students
18 enrolled in such college not more than one-third of its annual
19 operating costs.
1 (2) The tuition amount fixed pursuant to this subsection
2 shall not increase over the tuition amount fixed for the
3 immediately preceding school year by more than the percentage
4 increase in the Consumer Price Index as published by the United
5 States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Where
6 the tuition amount fixed under this subsection increases by more
7 than the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index, the
8 community college shall be ineligible for any and all State
9 appropriations otherwise authorized in this Commonwealth's
10 General Appropriation Act.
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12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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