Bill Text: PA HB1377 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Providing for community college educational assistance.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-25 - Referred to EDUCATION [HB1377 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1377-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1617
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1377 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, BISHOP, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, DAVIS, DEASY, DeLUCA, FREEMAN, GIBBONS, HARHAI, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, KAVULICH, KULA, MANN, McGEEHAN, MULLERY, MURT, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYTON, READSHAW, SAINATO AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 25, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, APRIL 25, 2011
AN ACT
Providing for community college educational assistance.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Community
College Educational Assistance Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Agency." The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency (PHEAA).
"Eligible student." A student who has completed 60 credits
and maintained a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0
scale, or its equivalent, at a Pennsylvania community college.
Section 3. Educational assistance program.
(a) Establishment.--The Community College Educational
Assistance Program is hereby established.
(b) Calculation.--The Community College Educational
Assistance Program shall provide that the agency disregard one-
third of an eligible student's expected family contribution
(EFC) and Federal Pell Grant award amount when calculating the
eligible student's Pennsylvania State grant.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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