THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, FOLMER, TOMLINSON, BAKER, FONTANA, O'PAKE, LOGAN, WONDERLING, FERLO, ROBBINS, WAUGH, EARLL, SCARNATI, KITCHEN, TARTAGLIONE, BROWNE, ORIE, D. WHITE, FARNESE AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 5, 2009

REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 5, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1266, No.287),

entitled, as amended, "An act conferring limited residency

status on military personnel, their dependents and civilian

personnel assigned to an active duty station in

Pennsylvania," expanding applicability of the act to include

all active duty personnel and their dependents.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1(a) of the act of December 15, 1982

(P.L.1266, No.287), entitled, as amended, "An act conferring

limited residency status on military personnel, their dependents

and civilian personnel assigned to an active duty station in

Pennsylvania," amended June 28, 1996 (P.L.420, No.60), is

amended to read:

Section 1. (a)  General rule.--The term "resident" or

"residency," or any other term or expression used to designate a

Commonwealth resident student, when used to determine the rate

of tuition to be charged students attending community colleges,

State-related and State-owned institutions of higher learning

shall be construed to mean and include any military personnel or

their dependents who are assigned to an active duty station in

Pennsylvania and who reside in Pennsylvania and any civilian

personnel or their dependents employed at a Department of

Defense facility who are transferred to Pennsylvania by the

Department of Defense and who reside in Pennsylvania. Military

personnel and their dependents and civilian personnel and their

dependents who are admitted to a community college or a State-

related or State-owned institution shall be charged resident

tuition rates provided that the student is a resident under this

section on the first day of the semester or term of the college

or institution. A community college, State-related or State-

owned institution of higher learning may charge resident tuition

rates to any active military personnel, their spouses or

dependents who are taking college courses or receiving other

education services through the Internet or by other electronic

means.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.