HB-5581, As Passed House, March 23, 2004
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5581
A bill to amend 2000 PA 258, entitled
"Career and technical preparation act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 388.1903).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3. As used in this act:
2 (a) "Career and technical preparation program" means a
3 program that teaches a trade, occupation, or vocation and that is
4 operated by an eligible postsecondary educational institution
5 located in this state.
6 (b) "Community college" means a community college established
7 under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1
8 to 389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA
9 451, MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607, or a federal tribally controlled
10 community college located in this state that is recognized under
11 the tribally controlled community college assistance act of 1978,
1 Public Law 95-471 25 USC 1801 to 1852, and is determined by the
2 department to meet the requirements for accreditation by a
3 recognized regional accrediting body.
4 (c)
"Department" means the department of career development
5 labor and economic growth.
6 (d) "Eligible charges" means tuition and mandatory course
7 fees, material fees, and registration fees required by a career
8 and technical preparation program for enrollment in an eligible
9 course. Eligible charges also include any late fees charged by a
10 career and technical preparation program due to the school
11 district's failure to make a required payment according to the
12 timetable prescribed under this act. Eligible charges do not
13 include transportation or parking costs or activity fees.
14 (e) "Eligible course" means a course offered by a career and
15 technical preparation program that is not offered through the
16 school district, intermediate school district, or area
17 vocational-technical education program in which the eligible
18 student is enrolled, or that is offered through the school
19 district, intermediate school district, or area
20 vocational-technical education program but is determined by its
21 governing board to not be available to the eligible student
22 because of a scheduling conflict beyond the eligible student's
23 control; that is a career and technical preparation course not
24 ordinarily taken as an activity course; that is a course that the
25 career and technical preparation program normally applies toward
26 satisfaction of certificate, degree, or program completion
27 requirements; and that is not a hobby craft or recreational
1 course.
2 (f) "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means a
3 state university, community college, or independent nonprofit
4 degree-granting college or university that is located in this
5 state and that chooses to comply with this act.
6 (g) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in at least 1
7 high school class in at least grade 11 in a school district in
8 this state, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in a school
9 district under a cultural exchange program, who has achieved
10 state endorsement in all subject areas under section 1279 of the
11 revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279, and who has not
12 been enrolled in high school for more than 4 school years
13 including the school year in which the student seeks to enroll in
14 an eligible course under this act. For the purposes of
15 determining whether a pupil has been enrolled in high school for
16 more than 4 school years, a pupil who is enrolled in high school
17 for less than 90 days of a school year due to illness or other
18 circumstances beyond the control of the pupil or the pupil's
19 parent or guardian is not considered to be enrolled in high
20 school for that school year. However, if the student has not
21 achieved state endorsement in all subject areas under that
22 section, the student is an eligible student if the student
23 achieves state endorsement in mathematics and a qualifying score
24 on a nationally or industry recognized job skills assessment test
25 as determined by the department.
26 (h) "Intermediate school district" means that term as defined
27 in section 4 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4.
1 (i) "School district" means that term as defined in section 6
2 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6, a local act
3 school district as defined in section 5 of the revised school
4 code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5, or a public school academy
5 organized under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1
6 to 380.1852.
7 (j) "State university" means a state institution of higher
8 education described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article VIII of the
9 state constitution of 1963.