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

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