TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES
DIVISION 1: EDUCATION
§ 1345. Financial Assistance Forbearance. [Repealed] [Repealed by PL 18-40 § 3(a) (Mar. 21, 2014)] Source: PL 16-15, § 2(1343), modified; repealed by PL 18-40 § 3(a) (Mar. 21, 2014). Commission Comment: PL 16-15 took effect on September 5, 2008. PL 16-15 included severability and savings clause provisions and the following: Section 2. Findings and Purpose. The Legislature finds that many students who are recipients of financial assistance from the Commonwealth in the form of loans and scholarships are required under the terms of such assistance to return to the Commonwealth to work in the private or public sector for a set period of time in order to be absolved of financial liability for the amount of the total assistance. However, the Legislature is cognizant that in times of fiscal austerity, reduction in force or because of the government reliance on foreign national workers, employment in the private or public sector may be unattainable or unavailable to returning students. Therefore, it is the purpose of this Act to authorize for forbearance of the collection of the debt of financial assistance recipients in specific cases where a recipient returns to the Commonwealth, presents appropriate credentials necessary for private or public service but is not employed due to fiscal restraints on hiring or because a position is filled by a foreign national worker. Additionally, this Act provides that employment in the United States Armed Forces in lieu of employment in the Commonwealth private or public sector satisfies the financial assistance requirement that a recipient return to and work in the Commonwealth for a period equal to the period for which the recipient received financial assistance from Commonwealth. This Act is necessary and a proper use of the legislative power granted by Section 1 of Article II of the Commonwealth Constitution.