(a) General rule.--An eligible member who fails to meet the six-year service obligation of this subchapter or to meet other requirements established by the Adjutant General or the agency is liable to the Commonwealth for repayment of all or part of any grant payments made. The Adjutant General shall notify the agency if an eligible member fails to complete the service obligation, and the promissory note under section 3204(b) (relating to grants) shall be repaid by the eligible member upon demand by the agency on a schedule as the agency may determine.
(b) Forgiveness of recoupment.--The Adjutant General shall notify the agency and the agency shall forgive recoupment of all or part of an eligible member's grant payments if the Adjutant General determines that the eligible member's failure to fulfill the six-year service obligation was the result of one of the following:
(1) Death.
(2) Discharge because of disability incurred in line of duty.
(3) Discharge because of a medical determination that the eligible member is medically unfit for duty when the medical condition is outside the eligible member's control and is not due to the eligible member's misconduct.
(4) The existence of other compelling circumstances that warrant forgiveness.
(June 26, 2014, P.L.791, No.78, eff. July 1, 2014; July 1, 2019, P.L.233, No.32, eff. imd.)
Cross References. Section 3207 is referred to in section 3204 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 32 - Military Educational Programs
Section 3203 - Certification of eligibility
Section 3205 - Amount of grants
Section 3207 - Recoupment of grant payments
Section 3210 - Educational Assistance Program Fund
Section 3210.3 - Certification of eligibility
Section 3210.4 - Military Family Education Program grants
Section 3210.5 - Amount of Military Family Education Program grants
Section 3210.7 - Recoupment of Military Family Education Program grant payments
Section 3210.9 - Administration
Section 3210.10 - Military Family Education Program Fund
Section 3212 - Establishment of program
Section 3213 - Program stipend
Section 3214 - Additional incentives
Section 3215 - Promissory note
Section 3216 - Recoupment of incentive payments
Section 3217 - Adjustment of stipend amounts
Section 3222 - Military College Educational Assistance Program
Section 3224 - Program participation