May 6, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Sak and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 2005 PA 248, entitled
"Children of veterans tuition grant act,"
by amending the title and section 4 (MCL 390.1344).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An act to establish an undergraduate tuition grant program for
children
of certain deceased, or disabled, missing, or captured
members of the armed forces and civilian personnel of the United
States; to provide for the administration of the tuition grant
program; to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain state
officers, agencies, and departments; and to repeal acts and parts
of acts.
Sec. 4. (1) Subject to subsection (3), beginning in the 2005-
2006 academic year, the authority shall provide a tuition grant in
an amount determined under subsection (2) to any student who meets
all of the following requirements:
(a) Is enrolled in that academic year as a full-time or part-
time student in undergraduate classes at an eligible institution.
(b) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident of the
United States.
(c) Is more than 16 and less than 26 years of age.
(d)
Is the natural or adopted child of a Michigan veteran and
the
Michigan veteran meets or met any of the following:
(i) He or she A Michigan veteran who was
killed in action or
died from another cause while serving in a war or war condition in
which the United States was or is a participant.
(ii) The A Michigan veteran that the United States
department
of
veterans affairs has determined that he or she died or is
totally and permanently disabled as a result of a service-connected
illness or injury.
(iii) The A Michigan veteran that the United States
department
of
veterans affairs has determined he or she was permanently and
totally disabled as a result of a service-connected illness or
injury
before death, and he or she died from any cause.
(iv) He or she A Michigan veteran who is
officially listed by
the United States government as missing in action in a foreign
country or as a prisoner of war.
(v) An individual who is a civilian, is a resident of this
state, is captured while serving with the consent or authorization
of the United States government, and is officially listed by the
United States government as missing in action in a foreign country
or as a prisoner of war.
(e) Has resided continuously in this state for the 12 months
immediately preceding the date of his or her application and is not
a resident of any other state.
(f) Has maintained a cumulative grade point average of at
least 2.25 in any undergraduate classes he or she completed at any
eligible institution in any previous academic years.
(g) Is in compliance with this act and the rules promulgated
under this act.
(h) Has not been convicted of a felony involving an assault,
physical injury, or death.
(i) Meets any other standards established in rules promulgated
by the authority under section 3.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the amount of a tuition grant
described in subsection (1) in an academic year for a full-time
student is $2,800.00, or an amount equal to all of the student's
eligible tuition in that academic year, whichever is less. The
amount of the tuition grant for a part-time student is 1/2 of the
amount of a full-time student as determined by the authority. The
authority may reduce the amount of the tuition grants in any
academic year on a pro rata basis to reflect the amount then
available for the tuition grant program, but only after providing
notice to the legislature under section 6(2).
(3) If a student receives tuition waiver assistance in the
2005-2006 academic year under the tuition waiver program provided
in
former 1935 PA 245, MCL 35.111 to 35.112, is a
person described
in
section 1(3) of former 1935 PA 245, MCL 35.111, and meets the
eligibility requirements of this act, the amount of the tuition
grant under this act for that student in the 2005-2006 academic
year shall be reduced by the amount of tuition waiver assistance
that student received under former 1935 PA 245.
(4) An individual shall not receive tuition grant assistance
under this act or tuition waiver assistance under former 1935 PA
245,
MCL 35.111 to 35.112, or both, in more than 4 academic years.