September 6, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Opsommer, Meekhof, Stakoe, Rocca, Rick Jones, Agema, Steil, Stahl, Sheltrown, Polidori, Espinoza, Brown, Wojno, Farrah, Gonzales, Vagnozzi, Marleau, Ball, Emmons, Shaffer and Dean and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 1964 PA 208, entitled
"An act to grant scholarships to students enrolled in postsecondary
education institutions; and to provide for the administration of
the scholarship program,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 390.977), as amended by 2004 PA 181.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
7. (1) An Except as
provided in subsection (2), an
applicant awarded a first-year scholarship or a renewal scholarship
is not restricted in the choice of the institution in this state
which he or she desires to attend if the institution is an eligible
postsecondary institution under rules promulgated by the Michigan
higher
education assistance authority. , except that a
(2) A student shall not use a scholarship award at an
institution
whose that meets any of
the following:
(a) The institution's 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.
(b) The institution does not consider any of the following
students enrolled in that institution residents of this state for
determining their tuition rates:
(i) A student who 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 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 student who is 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 institution and the student continues to live in this state.
(3) An applicant awarded a first-year scholarship or a renewal
scholarship is not restricted in the choice of the course of study
he or she wishes to pursue.
(4) (2)
An approved institution chosen by
the applicant is not
required to accept the applicant for enrollment, or once having
admitted the applicant, to continue the applicant's enrollment. The
approved institution accepting the enrollment of a state
competitive scholarship award winner shall notify the authority of
the recipient's enrollment and shall submit annually to the
authority reports which are required and necessary to administer
this act.