September 6, 2007, Introduced by Senators GARCIA, ALLEN, RICHARDVILLE, BIRKHOLZ, PAPPAGEORGE, HARDIMAN, JELINEK, VAN WOERKOM, PATTERSON, CROPSEY, GILBERT, McMANUS, KUIPERS, OLSHOVE, JANSEN, SWITALSKI, STAMAS, CHERRY, JACOBS, BROWN, BARCIA, GLEASON, WHITMER, CLARKE, BISHOP, ANDERSON, SCHAUER, HUNTER, SCOTT and CLARK-COLEMAN and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 2005 PA 248, entitled
"Children of veterans tuition grant act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 390.1342).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Academic year" means the period from August 1 of a
calendar year to July 31 of the next calendar year.
(b) "Authority" means the Michigan higher education assistance
authority created by 1960 PA 77, MCL 390.951 to 390.961.
(c) "Eligible institution" means a degree or certificate
granting public or independent nonprofit college or university,
junior college, or community college in this state that considers a
student enrolled in that institution a resident of this state for
determining his or her tuition rates if the student is 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 full-time 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.
(d) "Eligible tuition" means the tuition charged by an
eligible institution for an undergraduate class.
(e) "Full-time student" means a student enrolled in at least
12 credit hours in an academic semester or its equivalent number of
credit hours in a term or quarter, as determined by the authority.
(f) "Michigan veteran" means an individual whose legal
residence immediately before entering military service was in this
state and who does not later reside outside of this state for a
period of more than 2 years, or an individual who establishes legal
residency in this state after entering military service.
(g) "Part-time student" means a student who is not a full-time
student, but is enrolled in at least the number of credit hours in
a semester, term, or quarter that the authority defines as a 1/2-
time course of study.
(h) "Undergraduate class" means a class or course that
provides a student with academic credit applicable toward a
bachelor or associate degree from an eligible institution.