STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Reps. LaJoy, Brandenburg, Hoogendyk, Stahl, Palmer, Casperson, Marleau, Hune, Green, Sheen, Mortimer, Vander Veen, Pastor, Gosselin and Baxter

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5306

AN ACT to amend 1986 PA 273, entitled "An act to establish a Michigan educational opportunity grant program for resident qualified students enrolled in eligible public postsecondary schools; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies," by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1404).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4. (1) A student is eligible to participate in the MEOG program under this act if the student meets the following requirements:

(a) Has resided in this state continuously for the 12 months preceding his or her application for a MEOG and is not considered a resident of any other state.

(b) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institute.

(c) Is enrolled in at least a half-time undergraduate program of study at a postsecondary school that meets the requirements of section 3.

(d) Is certified by the financial aid officer at the postsecondary school as needing the grant in order to meet recognized educational expenses.

(e) Is a United States citizen or any other student described as eligible to receive title IV, HEA program assistance under 34 CFR 668.33.

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

(2) A student shall maintain satisfactory academic progress, as defined by the postsecondary school in which the student is enrolled, to remain eligible for a MEOG under this act.

(3) A student shall not be eligible for a MEOG for more than 10 semesters of undergraduate education, or its equivalent in trimesters or quarters, or the equivalent as determined by the authority for less than full-time students.

(4) If a student possessing a degree at a given academic level enrolls for a second degree at the same or lower academic level, the authority shall include MEOGs received by the student when he or she was enrolled for the previous degree at the same or lower level in determining the student's eligibility under this act.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 5300.

(b) House Bill No. 5301.

(c) House Bill No. 5302.

(d) House Bill No. 5303.

(e) House Bill No. 5304.

(f) House Bill No. 5305.

(g) House Bill No. 5307.

(h) House Bill No. 5308.

(i) House Bill No. 5309.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor