April 21, 2010, Introduced by Senator THOMAS and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2006 PA 479, entitled
"Michigan promise grant act,"
by amending sections 2 and 8 (MCL 390.1622 and 390.1628), section 2
as amended by 2008 PA 517 and section 8 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.
(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.
(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 July 1 of a calendar year and ends on
September
June 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, science, or social studies 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 any of the following:
(i) Subject to subparagraph (ii), the complete 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.
(ii) For a student who has previously taken the complete
Michigan merit examination, the college examination component of
the Michigan merit examination, as described in section 1279g(2)(a)
of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279g, and section
104b(2)(a) of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL
388.1704b.
(iii) 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.
Sec. 8. (1) The department shall disburse Michigan promise
grant money to an approved postsecondary institution on the
student's behalf in the following state fiscal years, according to
a payment procedure established by the department:
(a) For a Michigan promise grant under section 5 or a Michigan
promise grant installment under section 6(2)(c), in the state
fiscal
year that begins on the first October July 1 following the
end of the academic year in which the student is eligible for that
grant or installment.
(b) For a Michigan promise grant installment under section
6(2)(a) or (b) or a Michigan promise grant under section 6(3), in
the
state fiscal year that begins on October July 1 in the academic
year in which the student is eligible for that installment or
grant.
(2) An approved postsecondary educational institution shall
apply money received under subsection (1) on a student's behalf to
the student's outstanding indebtedness, if any, and pay the
remaining balance as follows:
(a) Unless subdivision (b) applies, to the student.
(b) If the money received by the institution under this
subsection is a grant installment under section 6(2)(a) or (b) and
the student elects to leave an approved postsecondary educational
institution without completing the classes in which he or she
enrolled, to the department. The student has no further right to
any money returned to the department under this subdivision.
(3) Subsection (2) shall not be considered as creating an
obligation on the part of an approved postsecondary educational
institution to loan or advance money to a student for the payment
of tuition, fees, or other costs or expenses incurred by the
student at that institution.
(4) The department may promulgate rules to implement and
administer this act, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of
the following:
(a) Rules establishing the department's administrative
procedures for the Michigan promise grant program.
(b) Rules governing the qualification requirements for or the
award of Michigan promise grants under this act.
(c) Rules establishing an appeals process from a determination
of ineligibility for a Michigan promise grant.
(d) Rules establishing what information or reports a student
or an approved postsecondary educational institution must provide
to establish eligibility and when that information or those reports
must be provided.
(e) Rules prescribing the reports to be made by a student
awarded a Michigan promise grant and by an approved postsecondary
educational institution to which a Michigan promise grant is paid.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 1281
of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.