Bill Text: MI HB4432 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Higher education; financial aid; use of Michigan promise grants at state universities and community colleges that do not admit the top 15% of state high school graduates; prohibit. Amends sec. 2 of 2006 PA 479 (MCL 390.1622).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-25 - Printed Bill Filed 02/25/2009 [HB4432 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4432-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4432

 

February 24, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Durhal, Robert Jones, Stanley, Young, Johnson, Gregory, Lemmons, Smith, Gonzales, Nathan and Cushingberry and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

     A bill to amend 2006 PA 479, entitled

 

"Michigan promise grant act,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 390.1622), as amended by 2008 PA 517.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Academic year" means the period from September 1 of a

 

calendar year to August 31 of the next calendar year.

 

     (b) "Approved postsecondary educational institution" means any

 

of the following:

 

     (i) A public community or junior college established under

 

section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or part

 

25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1601 to

 

380.1607, or a state university described in section 4, 5, or 6 of

 

article VIII of the state constitution of 1963, if the admission

 

standards of that institution allow any individual who graduates

 

from a public high school in this state with a grade point average

 

in the top 15% of his or her high school graduating class to enroll

 

as an undergraduate student in that institution.

 

     (ii) (i) A public or private college or university , junior

 

college, or community college that grants degrees or certificates

 

and is located in this state.

 

     (iii) (ii) A postsecondary educational institution, other than an

 

educational institution described in subparagraph (i) (ii), that is

 

located in this state, grants degrees, certificates, or other

 

recognized credentials, and is designated by the department as an

 

approved postsecondary educational institution.

 

     (iv) (iii) A service academy.

 

     (c) "Clock hour" means a time period consisting of any of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Fifty to 60 minutes of class, lecture, or recitation in a

 

60-minute period.

 

     (ii) Fifty to 60 minutes of faculty-supervised laboratory work,

 

shop training, or internship in a 60-minute period.

 

     (iii) Sixty minutes of preparation in a correspondence course.

 

     (d) "Cumulative grade point average" means the weighted mean

 

value of the courses considered by an approved postsecondary

 

educational institution in determining whether to award a student

 

an associate's degree or a 2-year certificate of completion in a

 

vocational training program, whether the student has completed a

 

comparable vocational education program, or whether the student has

 

completed 50% or more of the academic requirements for the award of

 

a bachelor's degree, including any courses completed at another

 

approved postsecondary educational institution if the student

 

transfers the credits for those courses to the approved

 

postsecondary educational institution making that determination.

 

     (e) "Department" means the department of treasury.

 

     (f) "Fiscal year" means a fiscal year of this state. A fiscal

 

year begins on October 1 of a calendar year and ends on September

 

30 of the next calendar year.

 

     (g) "High school graduate" means an individual who has

 

received a high school diploma from a high school or passed the

 

general educational development (GED) diploma test or any other

 

high school graduate equivalency examination approved by the state

 

board of education.

 

     (h) "Michigan promise grant" means a grant awarded by the

 

department under this act.

 

     (i) "Qualifying score" means a score in a reading, writing,

 

mathematics, science, or social studies component of a state

 

assessment test that has been determined by the superintendent of

 

public instruction to indicate readiness to enroll in a course in

 

that subject area in an approved postsecondary educational

 

institution.

 

     (j) "Service academy" means the United States military

 

academy, United States naval academy, United States air force

 

academy, United States coast guard academy, or United States

 

merchant marine academy.

 

     (k) "State assessment test" means any of the following:

 

     (i) Subject to subparagraph (ii), the complete Michigan merit

 

examination described in section 1279g of the revised school code,

 

1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279g, and section 104b of the state school

 

aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1704b.

 

     (ii) For a student who has previously taken the complete

 

Michigan merit examination, the college examination component of

 

the Michigan merit examination, as described in section 1279g(2)(a)

 

of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279g, and section

 

104b(2)(a) of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL

 

388.1704b.

 

     (iii) Any other test administered by the department of education

 

to students in grades 11 and 12 to assure state compliance with the

 

federal no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law 107-110.

 

     (l) "Trust fund" means the Michigan merit award trust fund

 

established in section 9 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA

 

489, MCL 12.259.