September 6, 2007, Introduced by Senators BIRKHOLZ, GARCIA, RICHARDVILLE, PAPPAGEORGE, HARDIMAN, JELINEK, VAN WOERKOM, PATTERSON, CROPSEY, GEORGE, GILBERT, CASSIS, McMANUS, KUIPERS, OLSHOVE, JANSEN, SWITALSKI, STAMAS, CHERRY, JACOBS, BROWN, BARCIA, GLEASON, WHITMER, CLARKE, BISHOP, BASHAM, ANDERSON, SCHAUER, HUNTER, SCOTT and CLARK-COLEMAN and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1986 PA 102, entitled
"An act to establish a grant program for certain part-time,
independent students in this state; and to prescribe the powers and
duties of certain state agencies and institutions of higher
education,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 390.1283), as amended by 2004 PA 180.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. A person is eligible to participate in the grant
program if he or she meets all of the following:
(a) Is a part-time student.
(b) Is an independent student.
(c) Has not been enrolled in a high school diploma program
other than general educational development (GED) or adult education
for at least the 2 preceding years.
(d) Is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an undergraduate
program of not less than 9 months duration leading to a degree or
certificate from a Michigan degree granting educational institution
that
is meets both of the
following:
(i) Is approved by the department of labor and economic growth.
(ii) 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.
(e) Has resided continuously in this state for the immediately
preceding 12 months and is not considered a resident of any other
state.
(f) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.
(g) Has complied with this act and the rules promulgated under
this act by the authority.
(h) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident.
(i) 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.
(j) Is not in default on a loan guaranteed by the authority.
(k) Is shown by the school to be making satisfactory academic
progress.