Bill Text: PA HB1852 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act amending the act of May 27, 1893 (P.L.171, No.118), entitled "An act providing for the acquisition of land and the erection, equipment, management, and operation of the Scotland School for Veterans' Children; the maintenance of children admitted thereto, and regulating the admissions to and discharges from the said Scotland School for Veterans' Children," providing for admissions requirements and for private funding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-07-14 - Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS [HB1852 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1852-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2441
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1852 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, JULY 14, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JULY 14, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of May 27, 1893 (P.L.171, No.118), entitled, as
amended, "An act providing for the acquisition of land and
the erection, equipment, management, and operation of the
Scotland School for Veterans' Children; the maintenance of
children admitted thereto, and regulating the admissions to
and discharges from the said Scotland School for Veterans'
Children," providing for admissions requirements and for
private funding.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of May 27, 1893 (P.L.171, No.118),
entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the acquisition of
land and the erection, equipment, management, and operation of
the Scotland School for Veterans' Children; the maintenance of
children admitted thereto, and regulating the admissions to and
discharges from the said Scotland School for Veterans'
Children," is amended by adding sections to read:
Section 1.1. The following admissions requirements shall
apply:
(1) The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs shall
set a goal of enrolling no less than three hundred and twenty-
five students per school year.
(2) No child may be admitted unless a parent or legal
guardian of the child is an honorably discharged veteran of the
United States Armed Forces.
(3) The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs shall
develop a program which provides for a recruitment and
appointment process involving the General Assembly for no less
than half of the new student body enrollments per year.
Section 13.1. The Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs may secure and receive private funds for budgetary
operations from estates, endowments, foundations and alumni
associations.
Section 2. This act shall apply retroactively to January 1,
2009.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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