Pennsylvania Act 2006-87 — MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE (51 PA.C.S.) - AMOUNTS OF PART-TIME STUDENT ASSISTANCE GRANTS

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MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE (51 PA.C.S.) - AMOUNTS OF PART-TIME STUDENT
                            ASSISTANCE GRANTS
                  Act of Jul. 7, 2006, P.L. 598, No. 87               Cl. 51
                             Session of 2006
                               No. 2006-87

     HB 2437

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the amounts of
        part-time student assistance grants.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 3205 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
      § 3205.  Amount of grants.
        (a)  Full-time student assistance grants.--Grants awarded
     under this chapter to full-time students shall be determined by
     the agency without regard to financial need and shall not exceed
     for each academic year the lesser of:
            (1)  the tuition of the approved institution of higher
        learning for the approved program of education in which the
        member is enrolled; or
            (2)  the tuition charged to a resident of this
        Commonwealth at a member institution of the State System of
        Higher Education for the same academic year.
        (b)  Part-time student assistance grants.--Grants awarded
     under this chapter to part-time students who do not possess a
     baccalaureate degree shall be determined by the agency without
     regard to financial need and shall not exceed for each academic
     year or period the lesser of:
            (1)  [one-half of] the tuition for the part-time course
        of study in which the member is enrolled; or
            (2)  [one-third] two-thirds of the tuition charged to a
        resident of the Commonwealth at a member institution of the
        State System of Higher Education for the same academic year
        or period.
        (b.1)  Part-time student assistance grants for students
     possessing baccalaureate degrees.--Grants awarded under this
     chapter to part-time students who possess a baccalaureate degree
     shall be determined by the agency without regard to financial
     need and shall not exceed for each academic year or period the
     lesser of:
            (1)  one-half of the tuition for the part-time course of
        study in which the member is enrolled; or
            (2)  one-third of the tuition charged to a resident of
        this Commonwealth at a member institution of the State System
        of Higher Education for the same academic year or period.
        (c)  Other grants.--The agency shall not reduce the amount of
     other agency grants or aid for which the eligible member
     qualifies on account of the member's eligibility for or receipt
     of grants under this chapter.
        (d)  Adjustments.--If the agency and the Adjutant General
     determine that the amount appropriated for the program in any
     year will be insufficient to provide grants in the amounts set
     forth in this section to all eligible members, the agency and
     the department may reduce the maximum amount of the grants
     proportionately or set a limit on the number of participants to
     ensure that sums expended do not exceed appropriations.
        Section 2.  This act shall apply to grants awarded for any
     course of study commenced on or after May 1, 2006.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 7th day of July, A. D. 2006.

     EDWARD G. RENDELL