Section 192-C - State university assistance.(a)Program.--Money appropriated for COVID Relief - State Universities shall be used by the State System of Higher Education to make payments to State universities for costs resulting from the proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and any renewal of the state of disaster emergency. (b) Determination of payments.--Payments made under this section to each State university shall be determined as follows: (1) Multiply: (i) The 2019 fall headcount enrollment for each State university; by(ii) The amount of the appropriation for COVID Relief - State Universities.(2) Divide: (i) The product under paragraph (1); by(ii) The 2019 fall headcount enrollment for all State universities.(c)Payment deadline.--Payments made under this section shall be made no later than July 15, 2020. (d) Report.--By July 31, 2020, the Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education shall issue a report to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and post the report on the State System of Higher Education's publicly accessible Internet website. The report shall include the following information:(1) The 2019 fall headcount enrollment for each State university.(2) The 2019 fall headcount enrollment for all State universities.(3) The payment made to each State university under this section.(4) The total payments made to all State universities under this section.(e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Fall headcount enrollment." The number of students enrolled in credit-bearing courses and the number of students enrolled in clock-hour programs.
"State university." A university which is part of the State System of Higher Education under Article XX-A of the act of March 10, 1949 ( P.L. 30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949.
Added by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 114, § 2.1, eff. 11/23/2020.Added by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 24, § 1, eff. 5/29/2020.