(a) Full-time Military Family Education Program grant.--Military Family Education Program grants awarded under this subchapter to full-time students shall be determined by the agency without regard to financial need and shall not exceed for each academic year the lesser of:

(1) the tuition rate of the approved institution of higher learning for the number of credit hours per semester or its equivalent for the approved program of education in which the family member is enrolled; or

(2) the annual tuition rate charged by a State System of Higher Education institution for the academic year.

(b) Part-time Military Family Education Program grants.--Military Family Education Program grants awarded under this subchapter to part-time students who may or may not possess a baccalaureate degree shall be determined by the agency without regard to financial need and shall not exceed for each academic year or period the lesser of:

(1) the tuition charged by the approved institution of higher learning for the number of credit hours per semester or its equivalent in which the family member is enrolled; or

(2) the annual tuition rate charged by a State System of Higher Education institution for the number of credit hours per semester or its equivalent in which the family member is enrolled for the same academic year or period.

(c) Other grants and financial aid.--

(1) The agency shall not reduce the amount of other agency grants or aid for which the family member qualifies on account of the family member's eligibility for or receipt of a Military Family Education Program grant under this subchapter.

(2) Prior to making a Military Family Education Program grant under this subchapter, the approved institution of higher learning shall first consider any Federal tuition assistance received by the family member and then shall award a Military Family Education Program grant under this subchapter if the family member requires additional financial aid to cover the costs of attendance for an approved program of higher education. A Military Family Education Program grant under this subchapter shall be paid or refunded to the family member for approved costs of attendance. Military Family Education Program grants authorized under this section shall be reduced so that the total of all Federal and State military education benefits, as administered by the Pennsylvania National Guard, does not exceed 100% of the costs of attendance.

(d) Adjustments.--If the agency and the Adjutant General determine that the amount appropriated for the Military Family Education Program in any year will be insufficient to provide Military Family Education Program grants in the amounts set forth in this section to all family members, the agency and the department may reduce the maximum amount of the Military Family Education Program grants proportionately or set a limit on the number of participants to ensure that sums expended do not exceed appropriations.

(e) Limit on charges.--Family members attending a State System of Higher Education institution shall not be charged additional tuition above the annual tuition rate.

(f) Limit on tuition.--At no time may a State System of Higher Education institution charge a family member more than the in-State rate.