PRINTER'S NO. 1451
No. 1043 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE, GREENLEAF, KASUNIC, LAVALLE, FONTANA,
CORMAN, ROBBINS, BOSCOLA, COSTA, PUNT, MUSTO, RAFFERTY,
M. WHITE, MADIGAN, WENGER, WAUGH, PIPPY, O'PAKE, TARTAGLIONE,
MELLOW, WONDERLING, ERICKSON, LEMMOND, KITCHEN, BROWNE,
STACK, REGOLA, PICCOLA AND C. WILLIAMS, JANUARY 19, 2006
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JANUARY 19, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for tuition costs
3 and fees for children and spouses of deceased soldiers.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3503 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3503. Tuition [credit] waiver for children and spouses of
9 deceased soldiers.
10 (a) [General rule] Children.--The children of members of the
11 Pennsylvania National Guard who were killed or die as a result
12 of injuries received while in Federal or State active duty shall
13 be entitled to a [50% tuition credit] waiver of all tuition
14 costs and fees remaining after receipt of other scholarships and
15 education benefits and Federal and State grants at all
16 Pennsylvania State-owned colleges or universities or approved
1 trade schools in this Commonwealth for a period not exceeding
2 eight semesters or four years, whichever is greater.
3 (a.1) Spouses.--The spouse of a member of the Pennsylvania
4 National Guard who was killed or dies as a result of injuries
5 received while in Federal or State active duty shall be entitled
6 to a waiver of all tuition costs and fees remaining after
7 receipt of other scholarships and education benefits and Federal
8 and State grants at any Pennsylvania State-owned college or
9 university or approved trade school in this Commonwealth for a
10 period not exceeding eight semesters or four years, whichever is
11 greater. A spouse shall be eligible for a waiver of all tuition
12 costs and fees remaining after receipt of other scholarships and
13 education benefits and Federal and State grants under this
14 subsection for a period not to exceed ten years from the date
15 the member is killed or dies as a result of injuries while in
16 Federal or State active duty or until the spouse remarries,
17 whichever occurs first.
18 (b) Department to administer program.--The department shall
19 adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this
20 section and shall administer the tuition [credit] cost and fee
21 waiver program established under this section.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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