PRINTER'S NO. 1843
No. 1556 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY O'DONNELL, KUKOVICH, SWEET, GALLAGHER, RODGERS,
PERZEL, McINTYRE, FREIND, HOEFFEL AND RAPPAPORT,
JUNE 26, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 27, 1979
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, removing certain restrictions on educational
3 assistance.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with
8 the provisions of Article XI thereof:
9 That section 29 of Article III be amended to read:
10 § 29. Appropriations for public assistance, military service,
11 scholarships.
12 No appropriation shall be made for charitable, educational or
13 benevolent purposes to any person or community nor to any
14 denominational and sectarian institution, corporation or
15 association: Provided, That appropriations may be made for
16 pensions or gratuities for military service and to blind persons
17 21 years of age and upwards and for assistance to mothers having
18 dependent children and to aged persons without adequate means of
1 support and in the form of scholarship grants or loans for
2 [higher] educational purposes to residents of the Commonwealth
3 enrolled in educational institutions [of higher learning] except
4 that no scholarship, grants or loans for higher educational
5 purposes shall be given to persons enrolled in a theological
6 seminary or school of theology.
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