SENATE BILL NO. 223


   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 1986 PA 303, entitled

   "An act to establish a Michigan work-study program for qualified
   resident students attending eligible graduate and professional
   graduate schools and employed by qualified employers; to pre-
   scribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies; and to
   provide for an appropriation,"

   by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1324) and by adding section 4a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 4.  (1) A student is eligible to participate in the

 2    program if the student meets ALL OF the following requirements:

 3         (a) Has resided in this state continuously for the 12 months

 4    preceding his or her application to the program and is not con-

 5    sidered a resident of any other state.

 6         (b) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident of this

 7    country.

 8         (c) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institute.




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 1         (d) Is enrolled in at least a  half-time  1/2-TIME graduate

 2    program of study at a graduate or professional graduate school

 3    that meets the requirements in section 3.

 4         (e) Is certified by the financial aid officer at the gradu-

 5    ate or professional graduate school as needing employment in

 6    order to meet recognized educational expenses.

 7         (f) Is not in default on a loan guaranteed by the

 8    authority.

 9         (G) IS NOT INELIGIBLE UNDER SECTION 4A.

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

11    as defined by the graduate or professional graduate school in

12    which the student is enrolled, to remain eligible for the program

13    under this act.

14         (3) A full-time graduate student at any particular school

15    for each degree level shall be eligible for the program for not

16    more than 12 terms or its equivalent in semesters, and a less

17    than full-time graduate student for the equivalent as determined

18    by the authority.

19         SEC. 4A.  IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS SUBJECT TO A COURT ORDER DENY-

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

21    CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT, TITLE II OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DRUG

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

23    U.S.C. 862, THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE

24    PROGRAM UNDER THIS ACT FOR THE DURATION OF THE COURT ORDER.









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