STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

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

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5307

AN ACT 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.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 3. (1) Upon receipt of an application, the Michigan higher education assistance authority shall grant an amount as provided for in this act for each semester of attendance to an eligible resident student who meets all of the following:

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

(b) Has resided in this state continuously for the 12 months preceding the application.

(c) Is not considered a resident of any other state.

(d) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.

(e) Is enrolled in an independent nonprofit college or university in this state described in section 1.

(2) A student is not eligible for a grant for tuition and fees for more than 10 semesters of undergraduate education, or its equivalent in trimesters, or equivalent as determined by the authority for less than full-time students; in not more than 6 semesters of graduate education, or its equivalent in trimesters; and in not more than 8 semesters in dental education, or its equivalent in trimesters.

(3) A student must maintain satisfactory academic progress, as defined by the college or university in which the student is enrolled, in order to remain eligible for a tuition grant under this act.

(4) If a student possessing a degree at a given academic level enrolls for a second degree at the same academic level, the authority shall include tuition grants received by the student when enrolled for the previous degree at the same level in determining the student's eligibility under subsection (1).

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. 5306.

(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