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Higher Education Finance
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION
2003-2004 Legislative Session
Enacted Legislation
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ENACTED LEGISLATION
Act 210 (Senate Bill 931)
Extends the state's higher education tuition waiver program
to the children of sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and soldiers
killed during active state or federal duty. The legislation
was amended to be retroactive to September 11, 2001.
HOUSE BILLS
House Bill 64 (Rep. Lynn Herman)
Allows state college scholarships to be renewed for a fifth year
for students enrolled in five-year programs of study
House Bill 367 (Rep. Karl Boyes)
Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund Act
House Bill 395 (Rep. Bob Allen)
Keystone Scholars Award Act
House Bill 564 (Rep. Raymond Bunt)
Closes loophole in community college auditing process that leaves
the status of certain enrollments subject to interpretation and
establishes the Community College Nonmandated Capital Fund
House Bill 603 (Rep. Timothy Solobay)
Volunteer Emergency Service Personnel Educational Assistance
and Loan Forgiveness Act
House Bill 781 (Rep. Paul Semmel)
Student Residence Automatic Fire Suppression System Installation Loan Program
House Bill 1151 (Rep. Jeffery Coy)
Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Act
House Bill 1272 (Rep. James Roebuck)
Increases community college reimbursements from $1,500 per
full-time student to $1,600 per full-time student
House Bill 1530 (Rep. Thomas Petrone)
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Staff Member Loan Forgiveness Program
House Bill 1894 (Rep. William Gabig)
Prohibits tuition from increasing for four years (until June 30, 2007).
House Bill 2223 (Rep. Frank Pistella)
Establishes the Older Adult Postsecondary Educational Gratuity
Program. The program provides free tuition for state residents
60-years-old or older to pursue courses of interest at the state's
community colleges, state system of higher education universities,
or state-related universities on a space-available basis.
House Bill 2483 (Rep. Peter Zug)
Independent Higher Education and Community Financing Act
House Bill 2502 (Rep. Tom Stevenson)
Requires higher education institutions to provide undergraduate
students with information about per-student fees, the cost of
instruction, and tuition as a percentage of instructional cost
when transmitting tuition bills.
House Bill 2849 (Rep. Lynn Herman)
Tuition Containment Grant Program
SENATE BILLS
Senate Bill 211 (Sen. Edwin Erickson)
Establishes the Community College Deferred Maintenance Fund and
sets forth regulations for noncredit course reimbursement
Senate Bill 291 (Sen. Jack Wagner)
Establishes the Helping Our Pupils to Excellence scholarship program
Senate Bill 292 (Sen. Jack Wagner)
Racetrack Slot Machine Act
Senate Bill 1119 (Sen. Dominic Pileggi)
Independent Higher Education and Community Financing Act
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