HB 786 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in educational gratuity program, further providing for eligibility and qualification requirements.

PRINTER'S NO.   807

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 786
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY McNEILL, RABB, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN, GIRAL,
        SANCHEZ, VENKAT, WARREN AND CIRESI, MARCH 3, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MARCH 3, 2025


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in educational gratuity program,
 3      further providing for eligibility and qualification
 4      requirements.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.     Section 8703(a) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
 8   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 9   § 8703.    Eligibility and qualification requirements.
10      (a)    Eligibility standards.--The following requirements shall
11   be used to determine the eligibility of applicants for
12   educational gratuity payments. The applicant shall be:
13             (1)   Not less than 16 years of age nor more than 23 years
14      of age.
15             (2)   The child of an eligible disabled or deceased
16      veteran.
17             (3)   A resident of this Commonwealth for a period of
18      [five years] one year immediately preceding the date the
19      application was filed.
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2     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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