SENATE BILL NO. 220


   February 2, 1999, Introduced by Senators ROGERS, HOFFMAN, NORTH,
        STEIL, GOUGEON, JAYE, SHUGARS, BULLARD, GOSCHKA and BENNETT
        and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.



        A bill to amend 1966 PA 313, entitled

   "An act to award tuition grants to resident students enrolled in
   independent nonprofit institutions of higher learning; and to
   make an appropriation therefor,"

   by amending section 3 (MCL 390.993), as amended by 1980 PA 503,

   and by adding section 3a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 3.  (1) Upon application of an eligible resident stu-

 2    dent  ,  who has resided in this state continuously
             for the pre-

 3    ceding 12 months, is not considered a resident of any other

 4    state, is not incarcerated in a corrections institution, IS NOT

 5    INELIGIBLE UNDER SECTION 3A, and is registered in an independent

 6    nonprofit college or university in this state, as described in

 7    section 1, the Michigan higher education assistance authority

 8    shall grant an amount as provided for in this act for each

 9    semester of attendance.  A student  shall not be 
             IS eligible for


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 1    a grant for tuition and fees for NOT more than 10 semesters of

 2    undergraduate education, or its equivalent in trimesters, or

 3    equivalent as determined by the authority for less than full-time

 4    students;  in  FOR not more than 6 semesters of
             graduate educa-

 5    tion, or its equivalent in trimesters; and  in  FOR
             not more than

 6    8 semesters in dental education, or its equivalent in

 7    trimesters.

 8         (2) A student shall maintain satisfactory academic progress,

 9    as defined by the college or university in which the student is

10    enrolled, in order to remain eligible for the tuition grant under

11    this act.

12         (3) If a student possessing a degree at a given academic

13    level enrolls for a second degree at the same academic level, the

14    authority shall include tuition grants received by the student

15    when enrolled for the previous degree at the same level in deter-

16    mining the student's eligibility  pursuant to 
             UNDER subsection

17    (1).

18         SEC. 3A.  IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS SUBJECT TO A COURT ORDER DENY-

19    ING FEDERAL BENEFITS AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 421 OF PART D OF THE

20    CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT, TITLE II OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DRUG

21    ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT OF 1970, PUBLIC LAW 91-513, 21

22    U.S.C. 862, THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE AWARDED A

23    TUITION GRANT UNDER THIS ACT FOR THE DURATION OF THE COURT ORDER.











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