Bill Text: MI HB4874 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Higher education; financial aid; Michigan educational opportunity grant program; clarify citizenship requirement. Amends sec. 4 of 1986 PA 273 (MCL 390.1404). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4829'17, HB 4831'17, HB 4832'17, HB 4833'17, HB 4834'17, HB 4860'17, HB 4863'17, HB 4869'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-09-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/16/2017 [HB4874 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4874-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4874

 

 

August 16, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Hernandez, Bellino, Miller, Runestad, Reilly and Noble and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill 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 permanent resident.

 

     (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 99th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4831 (request no.

 

03043'17).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4833 (request no.

03044'17).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.     (request no.

 

03045'17).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4834 (request no.

 

03046'17).

 

     (e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4829 (request no.

 

03429'17).

 

     (f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4832 (request no.

 

03430'17).

 

     (g) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4869 (request no.

 

03607'17).

 

     (h) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4860 (request no.

 

03608'17).

 

     (i) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4863 (request no.

 

03609'17).