An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in the State System of Higher Education, further providing for definitions and establishing the Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program.

HB 2279 establishes the Grow Pennsylvania Merit Scholarship Program to provide tuition discounts for students attending specific in-demand occupations such as agriculture, engineering, and nursing. The bill defines key terms for the State System of Higher Education, including "in-demand occupation" as a job requiring high skills and offering family-sustaining wages, and creates new categories for university consolidations like the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. By amending the Public School Code of 1949, the legislation sets the legal framework and definitions necessary to administer this new scholarship initiative.