PENNSYLVANIA, March 12 - PRINTER'S NO. 414

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

355

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, HUGHES, FONTANA, KEARNEY, STREET,

COLLETT, SANTARSIERO, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, AUMENT, KANE AND

MUTH, MARCH 12, 2021

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 12, 2021

AN ACT

Providing for child-care expense considerations in financial aid

determinations by postsecondary educational institutions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Child-care expense considerations in financial aid

determinations.

(a) General rule.--In determining the amount of financial

aid a student is eligible to receive in an academic year, a

postsecondary educational institution shall consider if the

student will incur child-care expenses during that academic

year. The postsecondary educational institution shall use child-

care expenses as a factor in calculating the amount of financial

aid to which the student is entitled.

(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term

"postsecondary educational institution" means an institution of

the State System of Higher Education as provided in Article XX-A

of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the

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