HOUSE BILL No. 6140

 

May 21, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Amos, Garfield, Palmer, Knollenberg, Meltzer, Hune, Rick Jones, Steil, Stahl, Moore, Stakoe, Calley, LaJoy, Meekhof, Opsommer, David Law, Nitz, Caul and Marleau and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 105, entitled

 

"An act to provide grants to students enrolled in independent

nonprofit institutions of higher learning; and to provide for the

promulgation of rules,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1274), as amended by 2004 PA 184.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. A student is eligible for a grant if the student meets

 

all of the following criteria:

 

     (a) The student is Is enrolled as a full-time or part-time

 

student at an eligible college or university as specified in

 

section 2. In order to be eligible for a grant, a part-time student

 

must be enrolled in at least a one-half time course of study as

 

defined by the authority.

 


     (b) The student is 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.

 

     (c) The student has Has resided in this state continuously for

 

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

 

other state.

 

     (d) Is a United States citizen or any other student described

 

as eligible to receive title IV, HEA program assistance under 34

 

CFR 668.33.

 

     (e) (d) The student is Is making satisfactory academic

 

progress as defined by the college or university in which the

 

student is enrolled.