1Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, further providing for educational
3leave of absence.

4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:

6Section 1. Section 7313 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

8§ 7313. Educational leave of absence.

9Whenever any member of the Pennsylvania National Guard or
10other reserve component of the armed forces of the United States
11shall be called or ordered to active duty, other than active
12duty for training, including, in the case of members of the
13Pennsylvania National Guard, active State duty, the educational
14institution in which the member is enrolled shall grant the
15member or the member's spouse a military leave of absence from
16their education. The member or the member's spouse shall receive
 

1an "M" on their grade transcript for all classes they are unable 
2to complete due to a military leave of absence. Members and 
3spouses on military leave of absence from their educational
4institution shall be entitled, upon the member's release from
5military duty, to be restored to the educational status they had
6attained prior to the member's being ordered to military duty
7without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or grants
8awarded or tuition and other fees paid prior to the commencement
9of the military duty. It shall be the duty of the educational
10institution to refund tuition or fees paid or to credit the
11tuition and fees to the next semester or term after the
12termination of the educational military leave of absence at the
13option of the student.

14Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.