SENATE BILL NO. 224


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



        A bill to amend 1986 PA 288, entitled

   "An act to establish a Michigan work-study program for qualified
   resident students attending eligible postsecondary schools and
   employed by qualified employers; and to prescribe the powers and
   duties of certain state agencies,"

   by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1374), as amended by 1990 PA 47,

   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 MWS

 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 MWS program and is not

 5    considered a resident of any other state.

 6         (b) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institute.







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

 2    undergraduate program of study at an eligible postsecondary

 3    school or meets the requirements of subsection (5).

 4         (d) Is certified by the financial aid officer at the post-

 5    secondary school as needing employment in order to meet recog-

 6    nized educational expenses.

 7         (e) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident.

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

 9    authority.

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

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

12    as defined by the postsecondary school in which the student is

13    enrolled, to remain eligible for the MWS program under this act.

14         (3) A full-time undergraduate student  shall 
             IS not  be 

15    eligible for the MWS program for more than 15 terms or its equiv-

16    alent in semesters at any particular school.

17         (4) If a student possessing a degree at a given academic

18    level enrolls for a second degree at the same or lower academic

19    level, the authority shall include MWS grants received by the

20    student when enrolled for the previous degree at the same or

21    lower level in determining the student's eligibility under this

22    act.

23         (5) A student may participate in the MWS program during a

24    period when he or she is not enrolled at an eligible postsecond-

25    ary school if all of the following conditions are met:

26         (a) The student is otherwise eligible under this section.





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 1         (b) The student was enrolled in at least a half-time

 2    undergraduate program of study at an eligible postsecondary

 3    school for the preceding quarter, term, or semester.

 4         (c) The financial aid officer at the postsecondary school

 5    determines that the period during which the student is not

 6    enrolled will not exceed 4 months and the student has enrolled or

 7    signs an intent to enroll in at least a  half-time 
             1/2-TIME

 8    undergraduate program of study at the postsecondary school for

 9    the next succeeding quarter, term, or semester.

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

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

12    CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT, TITLE II OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DRUG

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

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

15    MWS PROGRAM UNDER THIS ACT FOR THE DURATION OF THE COURT ORDER.



























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