PRINTER'S NO. 1907
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1473
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CEPHAS, STURLA, SOLOMON, ISAACSON, RABB, BULLOCK,
ROEBUCK, KINSEY, MURT, BERNSTINE, YOUNGBLOOD, McCLINTON,
HILL-EVANS, SIMS, DAWKINS, DONATUCCI AND DALEY, MAY 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 29, 2019
AN ACT
Providing for child-care expense considerations in financial aid
determinations by postsecondary educational institutions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Child-care expense considerations in financial aid
determinations.
(a) General rule.--In determining the amount of financial
aid a student is eligible to receive in an academic year, a
postsecondary educational institution shall consider if the
student will incur child-care expenses during that academic
year. The postsecondary educational institution shall use child-
care expenses as a factor in calculating the amount of financial
aid to which the student is entitled.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"postsecondary educational institution" means an institution of
the State System of Higher Education as provided in Article XX-A
of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the
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