PRINTER'S NO. 2719
No. 2099 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, PIPPY, WATERS, BELARDI, GEIST, READSHAW,
WOJNAROSKI, STEELMAN, LUCYK, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, GIGLIOTTI,
FRANKEL, PETRARCA, BELFANTI, YOUNGBLOOD, JOSEPHS, HARHAI,
COLAFELLA, STABACK, GRUCELA, THOMAS AND L. I. COHEN,
DECEMBER 1, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, DECEMBER 1, 1999
AN ACT
1 Providing for the waiver of tuition at certain colleges and
2 universities for certain veterans and their dependent
3 children.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Veterans
8 Tuition Waiver Act.
9 Section 2. Waiver of tuition.
10 The boards of trustees of community colleges and the boards
11 of trustees of institutions which are members of the State
12 System of Higher Education shall waive the payment of tuition
13 fees for the following:
14 (1) Dependent children of an individual whom the United
15 States Armed Forces has declared to be missing in action or
16 to have been a prisoner of war while serving in the armed
1 forces after January 1, 1960, if the individual was a
2 resident of this Commonwealth at the time of entering the
3 service or during service. In order to take advantage of this
4 paragraph, a child must be accepted for admission to the
5 institution.
6 (2) A veteran of the United States Armed Forces who
7 served in time of war, in an armed conflict or in a combat or
8 combat-support role on or after January 1, 1960, if the
9 veteran was a resident of this Commonwealth at the time of
10 entering the service or if the veteran was a resident of this
11 Commonwealth during service and was or is a resident of this
12 Commonwealth at the time of acceptance for admission to the
13 institution.
14 Section 3. Effective date.
15 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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