PRINTER'S NO. 407
No. 403 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY ZEMPRELLI AND SCHAEFER, FEBRUARY 22, 1977
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 22, 1977
AN ACT
1 Providing scholarships for certain dependents of members of the
2 police or security guards at all State correctional
3 institutions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Definitions.
7 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
8 have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
9 meanings given to them in this section:
10 "Approved institution of higher learning." Any institution
11 of higher learning approved by the agency.
12 "Approved program of education." Any degree or nondegree
13 curriculum or course of study to be pursued on at least one-half
14 time basis for a duration of at least one academic year or its
15 equivalent at an approved institution of higher learning.
16 "Qualified dependent." The child of a member of the police
17 or security guard system at any State correctional institution
18 who began working on or after January 31, 1956 and who:
19 (1) was killed in the line of duty by an inmate; and
1 (2) was a resident of this Commonwealth during the term
2 of employment.
3 The term does not include any child who is conceived after the
4 death of the police or security guard.
5 Section 2. Scholarships for qualified dependents.
6 From the funds appropriated under this act and by the General
7 Assembly from time to time for the purposes of this act, the
8 Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency is hereby
9 authorized to provide scholarships to qualified dependents
10 enrolled in approved programs of education whose eligibility
11 under the provisions 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," shall be determined without regard
18 to the financial status of their parents or the scholastic
19 achievement test score of the qualified dependent.
20 Section 3. Amount of scholarship.
21 Scholarships awarded under this act to cover full-time study
22 shall not exceed, per academic year, the tuition and fee charges
23 at the institution of higher learning at which the applicant is
24 enrolled or $1,200, whichever is the lesser. Scholarships
25 covering less than full-time and at least one-half time study
26 shall be in a proportionate amount.
27 Section 4. Appropriation.
28 The sum of $40,000 is hereby appropriated to the Pennsylvania
29 Higher Education Assistance Agency to be transferred at the
30 request of the agency and deposited in the Higher Education
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1 Assistance Fund for the purpose and administration of this act.
2 Section 5. Effective date.
3 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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