PRINTER'S NO. 2421
No. 1935 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY GALLAGHER, SCHEAFFER, WILT, CIMINI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
SHUPNIK, DeMEDIO, COWELL, D. R. WRIGHT, WARGO, WILSON,
MILLER, BENNETT, DOMBROWSKI, ZITTERMAN, COCHRAN, DeWEESE,
ZELLER, REED, GIAMMARCO, GRIECO, RODGERS, McCALL, WACHOB AND
IRVIS, NOVEMBER 1, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS,
NOVEMBER 1, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 11, 1972 (P.L.899, No.213), entitled
2 "An act providing scholarships for certain dependents of
3 members of the armed services who while on active duty are
4 taken as prisoners of war or are reported missing in action
5 and making an appropriation," providing for an increase in
6 the amount of the scholarship.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 3, act of October 11, 1972 (P.L.899,
10 No.213), entitled "An act providing scholarships for certain
11 dependents of members of the armed services who while on active
12 duty are taken as prisoners of war or are reported missing in
13 action and making an appropriation," is amended to read:
14 Section 3. Amount of Scholarship.--Scholarships awarded
15 under this act to cover full-time study shall not exceed, per
16 academic year, the tuition and fee charges at the institution of
17 higher learning at which the applicant is enrolled or [twelve
18 hundred dollars ($1,200),] fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500),
1 whichever is the lesser. Scholarships covering less than full
2 time and at least one-half time study shall be in a
3 proportionate amount.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall
5 apply to grants for the 1979-1980 school year and thereafter.
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