(a) Continuation of tuition credit grants.-- From appropriations to it for this purpose, the Department of Military Affairs may continue to pay tuition credit grants to members who, prior to the effective date of this act, received or applied for grants under 51 Pa.C.S. § 3104 for not more than three years after the effective date of this act. (b) Pennsylvania National Guard.-- A member of the Pennsylvania National Guard in an enlisted grade or in the grade of a warrant officer 1, warrant officer 2, first lieutenant or second lieutenant after completing a minimum enlistment period as defined by the Adjutant General, who enrolls in a Pennsylvania institution of higher learning, with degree-granting status as approved by the Department of Education, shall receive a grant of one-half the cost of the credit, with a maximum of $60 per credit while satisfactorily enrolled, with a maximum of six credits per quarter or semester or 12 credits per year. (c) Certification by Adjutant General.-- Grants shall be paid only upon certification each quarter or semester by the Adjutant General that the student is a current member in good standing with the Pennsylvania National Guard and that his current enlistment extends beyond the expiration date of the current quarter or semester. (d) Annual appropriation.-- The Department of Military Affairs shall administer the educational grants provided in this section from an appropriation made annually to the department for this purpose. The department may promulgate rules and regulations on the administration and management of this program. The grant program shall not exceed the amount of the appropriation. If the department determines that the amount appropriated will be insufficient to pay the grants in amounts set forth in subsection (b), the department shall reduce the amount of the grant payments proportionately so that the expenditures do not exceed the amounts appropriated. (e) Eligibility.-- No person shall receive a grant under this section if he is awarded a grant under 51 Pa.C.S. Ch. 32. 2007, DECEMBER 12, P.L.433, NO.66
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