HOUSE BILL No. 5279

October 10, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Accavitti and Bieda and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.

 

     A bill to amend 1986 PA 288, entitled

 

"An act to establish a Michigan work-study program for qualified

resident students attending eligible postsecondary schools and

employed by qualified employers; and to prescribe the powers and

duties of certain state agencies,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 390.1373).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) A recognized postsecondary school in this state is

 

eligible to participate in the MWS program if the postsecondary

 

school meets all of the following:

 

     (a) The school is a degree-granting institution approved by

 

the state board of education. , the

 

     (b) The instructional programs are not comprised solely of

 

sectarian instruction or religious worship. , and the


 

     (c) The school participates in the federal work-study program

 

under sections 441 to 448 of title IV of the higher education act

 

of 1965, 42 U.S.C. USC 2751 to 2756b.

 

     (d) The school considers a student enrolled in that school a

 

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

 

the student is any of the following:

 

     (i) 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.

 

     (ii) 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

 

school and the student continues to live in this state.

 

     (2) A participating school, at its option, may offer academic

 

credit to students enrolled in the MWS program.