September 6, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Polidori, Rick Jones, Agema, Steil, Stahl, Sheltrown, 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 2006 PA 479, entitled
"Michigan promise grant act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 390.1622), as amended by 2007 PA 42.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Academic year" means the period from September 1 of a
calendar year to August 31 of the next calendar year.
(b) "Approved postsecondary educational institution" means any
of the following:
(i) A public or private college or university, junior college,
or
community college that grants degrees or certificates; and
is
located
in this state; . and
considers a student enrolled in that
institution a resident of this state for determining his or her
tuition rates if the student is any of the following:
(A) 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.
(B) 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.
(ii) A postsecondary educational institution, other than an
educational institution described in subparagraph (i), that is
located
in this state; , grants
degrees, certificates, or other
recognized
credentials; , and is
designated by the department as an
approved
postsecondary educational institution;
. and considers a
student enrolled in that institution a resident of this state for
determining his or her tuition rates if the student is any of the
following:
(A) 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.
(B) The 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.
(iii) A service academy.
(c) "Clock hour" means a time period consisting of any of the
following:
(i) Fifty to 60 minutes of class, lecture, or recitation in a
60-minute period.
(ii) Fifty to 60 minutes of faculty-supervised laboratory work,
shop training, or internship in a 60-minute period.
(iii) Sixty minutes of preparation in a correspondence course.
(d) "Cumulative grade point average" means the weighted mean
value of the courses considered by an approved postsecondary
educational institution in determining whether to award a student
an associate's degree or a 2-year certificate of completion in a
vocational training program, whether the student has completed a
comparable vocational education program, or whether the student has
completed 50% or more of the academic requirements for the award of
a bachelor's degree, including any courses completed at another
approved postsecondary educational institution if the student
transfers the credits for those courses to the approved
postsecondary educational institution making that determination.
(e) "Department" means the department of treasury.
(f) "Fiscal year" means a fiscal year of this state. A fiscal
year begins on October 1 of a calendar year and ends on September
30 of the next calendar year.
(g) "High school graduate" means an individual who has
received a high school diploma from a high school or passed the
general educational development (GED) diploma test or any other
high school graduate equivalency examination approved by the state
board of education.
(h) "Michigan promise grant" means a grant awarded by the
department under this act.
(i) "Qualifying score" means a score in a reading, writing,
mathematics, or science component of a state assessment test that
has been determined by the superintendent of public instruction to
indicate readiness to enroll in a course in that subject area in an
approved postsecondary educational institution.
(j) "Service academy" means the United States military
academy, United States naval academy, United States air force
academy, United States coast guard academy, or United States
merchant marine academy.
(k) "State assessment test" means the Michigan merit
examination described in section 1279g of the revised school code,
1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279g, and section 104b of the state school
aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1704b, or any other test
administered by the department of education to students in grades
11 and 12 to assure state compliance with the federal no child left
behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110.
(l) "Trust fund" means the Michigan merit award trust fund
established in section 9 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA
489, MCL 12.259.