HOUSE BILL No. 5239

September 15, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Sheltrown, Rick Jones, Agema, Stahl, Sak and Mayes and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.

     A bill to amend 1986 PA 102, entitled

 

"An act to establish a grant program for certain part-time,

independent students in this state; and to prescribe the powers and

duties of certain state agencies and institutions of higher

education,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 390.1283), as amended by 2004 PA 180.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. A person is eligible to participate in the grant

 

program if he or she meets all of the following:

 

     (a) Is a part-time student.

 

     (b) Is an independent student.

 

     (c) Has not been enrolled in a high school diploma program

 

other than general educational development (GED) or adult education

 

for at least the 2 preceding years.

 


     (d) Is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an undergraduate

 

program of not less than 9 months duration leading to a degree or

 

certificate from a Michigan degree granting educational institution

 

that is meets both of the following:

 

     (i) Is approved by the department of labor and economic growth.

 

     (ii) Considers a student enrolled in that institution a

 

resident of this state for determining his or her tuition rates if

 

the student is any of the following:

 

     (A) An active duty member, or the spouse or dependent child of

 

an active duty member, of the armed forces of the United States,

 

while that active duty member is stationed in this state and during

 

the student's continuous enrollment in the academic degree program

 

in which he or she is enrolled if that active duty member is

 

transferred to active duty outside of this state.

 

     (B) A child of an active duty member of the armed forces of

 

the United States who was stationed in this state but is

 

transferred to a duty location outside of this state within the 1-

 

year period preceding the student's initial enrollment in that

 

institution and the student continues to live in this state.

 

     (e) Has resided continuously in this state for the immediately

 

preceding 12 months and is not considered a resident of any other

 

state.

 

     (f) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.

 

     (g) Has complied with this act and the rules promulgated under

 

this act by the authority.

 

     (h) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident.

 

     (i) Is not enrolled in an institution whose primary purpose is

 


to prepare students for ordination or appointment as a member of

 

the clergy of a church, denomination, or religious association,

 

order, or sect.

 

     (j) Is not in default on a loan guaranteed by the authority.

 

     (k) Is shown by the school to be making satisfactory academic

 

progress.