PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 808 PRINTER'S NO. 2424
No. 739 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, FONTANA, PUNT, ORIE, KASUNIC, GREENLEAF,
ARMSTRONG, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, WAUGH, BOSCOLA, TOMLINSON,
WASHINGTON, LOGAN, BRUBAKER, FERLO, COSTA, WONDERLING, STACK,
D. WHITE, LAVALLE, C. WILLIAMS AND RHOADES, APRIL 9, 2007
SENATOR RHOADES, EDUCATION, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1266, No.287),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act conferring limited residency
3 status on military personnel, their dependents and civilian
4 personnel assigned to an active duty station in
5 Pennsylvania," expanding applicability of the act to include
6 all active duty personnel and their dependents.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1(a) of the act of December 15, 1982
10 (P.L.1266, No.287), entitled, as amended, "An act conferring
11 limited residency status on military personnel, their dependents
12 and civilian personnel assigned to an active duty station in
13 Pennsylvania," amended June 28, 1996 (P.L.420, No.60), is
14 amended to read:
15 Section 1. (a) General rule.--The term "resident" or
16 "residency," or any other term or expression used to designate a
17 Commonwealth resident student, when used to determine the rate
18 of tuition to be charged students attending community colleges,
19 State-related and State-owned institutions of higher learning
1 shall be construed to mean and include any military personnel or
2 their dependents who are assigned to an active duty station in
3 Pennsylvania and who reside in Pennsylvania and any civilian
4 personnel or their dependents employed at a Department of
5 Defense facility who are transferred to Pennsylvania by the
6 Department of Defense and who reside in Pennsylvania. Military
7 personnel and their dependents and civilian personnel and their
8 dependents who are admitted to a community college or a State-
9 related or State-owned institution shall be charged resident
10 tuition rates provided that the student is a resident under this
11 section on the first day of the semester or term of the college
12 or institution. Active military personnel who are taking college <--
13 courses or receiving other educational services through the
14 Internet or by other electronic means may be charged resident
15 tuition rates by State-owned institutions. A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, <--
16 STATE-RELATED OR STATE-OWNED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING MAY
17 CHARGE RESIDENT TUITION RATES TO ANY ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL,
18 THEIR SPOUSES OR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE TAKING COLLEGE COURSES OR
19 RECEIVING OTHER EDUCATION SERVICES THROUGH THE INTERNET OR BY
20 OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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