PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2615
PRINTER'S NO. 3019
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2255
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY POLINCHOCK, MOUL, BERNSTINE, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
DRISCOLL, ECKER, KEEFER, KINSEY, PICKETT, RYAN, RADER, JAMES
AND BROOKS, JANUARY 20, 2022
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 25, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in miscellaneous provisions relating
to institutions of higher education, prohibiting scholarship
displacement at public institutions of higher education under
certain circumstances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 2002-I. Prohibition on scholarship displacement at
public institutions of higher education.
(a) General rule.--A public institution of higher education
may reduce a student's institutional financial aid as a result
of the awarding of private scholarships to the student only
under the circumstances enumerated in subsections (b) and (c).
(b) When institutional financial aid exceeds financial
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