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.