PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 478 | PRINTER'S NO. 1391 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 472 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY BARRAR, SAINATO, AUMENT, BOBACK, CAUSER, D. COSTA, P. DALEY, FLECK, GABLER, GILLEN, GROVE, HARHART, C. HARRIS, HESS, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MACKENZIE, MURT, O'NEILL, ROCK, SANTARSIERO, SWANGER, TRUITT, GIBBONS, PAINTER, DONATUCCI AND FARRY, JANUARY 30, 2013
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APRIL 8, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1266, No.287),
2entitled, as amended, "An act conferring limited residency
3status on military personnel, their dependents and civilian
4personnel assigned to an active duty station in
5Pennsylvania," further providing for attendance at State-
6related and State-owned institutions of higher learning and
7community colleges.
8The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9hereby enacts as follows:
10Section 1. Section 1 of the act of December 15, 1982
11(P.L.1266, No.287), entitled "An act conferring limited
12residency status on military personnel, their dependents and
13civilian personnel assigned to an active duty station in
14Pennsylvania," amended June 28, 1996 (P.L.420, No.60) and July
159, 2010 (P.L.453, No.57), is amended to read:
16Section 1. (a) General rule.--The term "resident" or
17"residency," or any other term or expression used to designate a
18Commonwealth resident student, when used to determine the rate
1of tuition to be charged students attending community colleges,
2State-related and State-owned institutions of higher learning
3shall be construed to mean and include any veterans, their
4spouses and dependent children who do not currently reside in
5Pennsylvania. The term shall also be construed to mean and
6include military personnel [or their dependents], their spouses
7and dependent children who are assigned to an active duty
8station in Pennsylvania and who reside in Pennsylvania and any
9civilian personnel [or their dependents], their spouses and
10dependent children employed at a Department of Defense facility
11who are transferred to Pennsylvania by the Department of Defense
12and who reside in Pennsylvania. [Military]
13(a.1) State-related or State-owned institutions.--Veterans,
14their spouses and dependent children, military personnel [and
15their dependents], their spouses and dependent children and
16civilian personnel [and their dependents], their spouses and
17dependent children who are admitted to [a community college or]
18a State-related or State-owned institution shall be charged
19resident tuition rates provided that the student is a resident
20under this section on the first day of the semester or term of
21the [college or] institution.
22(a.2) Community colleges.--Veterans, their spouses and
23dependent children, military personnel, their spouses and
24dependent children and civilian personnel, their spouses and
25dependent children who are admitted to a community college shall
26be charged the local sponsor rate provided that the student is a
27resident under this section on the first day of the semester or
28term of the college.
29(a.3) Distance learning tuition.--A community college,
30State-related or State-owned institution of higher learning
1[may] shall charge resident tuition rates to any active military
2personnel and their dependents who are taking college courses or
3receiving other education services through the Internet or by
4other electronic means.
<-5(a.4) Additional eligibility.--A child, a spouse or a
6surviving spouse who is eligible to receive benefits under 38
7U.S.C. Ch. 35 (relating to survivors' and dependents'
8educational assistance) shall also be charged a resident tuition
9rate or local sponsor rate under the appropriate terms and
10conditions of subsection (a.1), (a.2) or (a.3).
11(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
12words and phrases shall have the meanings given them in this
13subsection:
14"Community colleges." Institutions now or hereafter created
15pursuant to Article XIX-A of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
16No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, or the act of
17August 24, 1963 (P.L.1132, No.484), known as the Community
18College Act of 1963.
19"Local sponsor." A school district, municipality or county
20board of school directors, or any combination of school
21districts, municipalities or county boards of school directors,
22that participate or propose to participate in the establishment
23and operation of a community college.
24"Local sponsor rate." The tuition charged to an individual
25who is a resident of a school district or municipality that is a
26member of the local sponsor of the community college.
27"Member of a local sponsor." A school district or
28municipality that, alone or with other districts and
29municipalities, is included in a local sponsor.
30"State-owned institutions." Those institutions which are
1part of the State System of Higher Education pursuant to Article
2XX-A of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the
3Public School Code of 1949.
4"State-related institutions." The Pennsylvania State
5University, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University and
6Lincoln University and their branch campuses.
7"Veteran." An individual who served in the United States
8Armed Forces, including a reserve component or National Guard
9and who was discharged or released from service under conditions
10other than dishonorable and is eligible to receive benefits
11under <-38 U.S.C. Ch. 10 U.S.C. Chs. 1606 (relating to educational
12assistance for members of the selected reserve) and 1607
13(relating to educational assistance for reserve component
14members supporting contingency operations and certain other
15operations) and 38 U.S.C. Chs. 30 (relating to all-volunteer
16force educational assistance program), 31 (relating to training
17and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected
18disabilities) and 33 (relating to post-9/11 educational
19assistance).
20Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.