PRINTER'S NO. 3368
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2740
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY CEPHAS, FRANKEL, SANCHEZ, D. WILLIAMS, HANBIDGE,
HILL-EVANS, MADDEN, A. BROWN, ISAACSON, HOHENSTEIN, A. DAVIS,
GUZMAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD, CIRESI, O'MARA, LEE, KINSEY,
McCLINTON, KIM, N. NELSON AND DALEY, JULY 7, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JULY 7, 2022
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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Public School Code of 1949, a State-related institution as
defined in section 2001-D of the Public School Code of 1949 and
a community college as defined in section 1901-A of the Public
School Code of 1949.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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