HOUSE BILL No. 5309

 

October 18, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Green, Brandenburg, Hoogendyk, Stahl, Palmer, Casperson, Marleau, Hune, Sheen, Mortimer, Vander Veen, Pastor, Gosselin, LaJoy and Baxter and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 228, entitled

 

"The legislative merit award program act,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1304), as amended by 2004 PA 182.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. A person is eligible for a scholarship award if the

 

person meets all of the following qualifications:

 

     (a) Has resided in this state continuously for the preceding

 

12 months and is not considered a resident of any other state.

 

     (b) Is a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted

 

for permanent residence into the United States.

 

     (c)  (b)  Has not graduated from high school at the time of

 

the scholarship examination.

 

     (d)  (c)  Enrolls in a recognized postsecondary educational

 


institution within 4 years after graduation from high school.

 

     (e)  (d)  Is not enrolled in an institution whose primary

 

purpose is to prepare students for ordination or appointment as a

 

member of the clergy of a church, denomination, or religious

 

association, order, or sect.