Bill Text: MI SB0259 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Higher education; education programs; grants under part-time, independent student grants act; revise eligibility requirements. Amends secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 of 1986 PA 102 (MCL 390.1281 et seq.).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-16 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute S-1 [SB0259 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0259-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 259

 

 

March 21, 2017, Introduced by Senator HILDENBRAND and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1986 PA 102, entitled

 

"An act to establish a grant program for certain part-time,

independent students in this state; and to prescribe the powers and

duties of certain state agencies and institutions of higher

education,"

 

by amending sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 (MCL 390.1281,

 

390.1282, 390.1283, 390.1284, 390.1285, 390.1286, 390.1287, and

 

390.1288), section 3 as amended by 2004 PA 180.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Authority" means the Michigan higher education assistance

 

authority created by Act No. 77 of the Public Acts of 1960, being

 

sections 390.951 to 390.961 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

 

     (a) "Community college" means a community college organized

 

under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to

 

389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,

 

MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607.

 

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

 

     (c) "Eligible student" means an individual who meets the

 

requirements of section 3.

 

     (d) (b) "Financial need" means need as determined by the

 

institution a community college based upon a need analysis standard

 

established by the authority. Such department. That standard shall

 

must take into consideration the student's current annual income

 

and exclude his or her home equity.

 

     (e) "Grant program" means the program established by section

 

2.

 

     (f) (c) "Independent student" means an independent student

 

that term as defined in 34 C.F.R. 668.1a.CFR 668.2.

 

     (g) (d) "Part-time" means not less than 3 semester hours and

 

not more than 11 semester hours per semester, or the equivalent for

 

a quarter or term.

 

     Sec. 2. A grant program is established by the state to foster

 

the pursuit of postsecondary education by part-time, independent

 

students who have financial need.eligible students.

 

     Sec. 3. A person An individual is eligible to participate in

 

the grant program if he or she meets all of the following:

 

     (a) Is a part-time student.

 

     (b) Is an independent student.

 

     (c) Has not been enrolled in a high school diploma program

 

other than general educational development (GED) or adult education

 

for at least the 2 preceding years.

 

     (d) Is enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an undergraduate

a program of not less than 9 months duration leading to a degree or

 

certificate from a Michigan degree granting educational institution

 

that is approved by the department of labor and economic

 

growth.community college.

 

     (e) Has resided continuously in this state for the immediately

 

preceding 12 months and is not considered a resident of any other

 

state.

 

     (f) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.

 

     (g) Has complied with this act and the rules promulgated under

 

this act by the authority.department.

 

     (h) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident.

 

     (i) 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.

 

     (i) (j) Is not in default on a loan guaranteed by the

 

authority.department.

 

     (j) (k) Is shown by the school community college to be making

 

satisfactory academic progress.

 

     (k) Is shown by the community college to have financial need.

 

     (l) Has completed at least 15 semester hours of coursework, or

 

the equivalent in quarter or term hours, at a community college.

 

     Sec. 4. The total of the amount granted to an educational

 

institution a community college shall be proportionate to the

 

number of needy independent students eligible for this program

 

eligible students enrolled at the institution community college for

 

the most recent year for which statistics are available. Funds

provided to eligible schools The community college shall be used

 

use those funds for awards to eligible students, not for

 

administration of the program.

 

     Sec. 5. (1) Upon application of an eligible student, an

 

educational institution a community college shall grant to the

 

student an amount of not more than $600.00 per not exceeding a

 

maximum grant amount established by the department for an academic

 

year for not more than 2 3 12-month periods at any given

 

educational institution.a community college.

 

     (2) If the number of eligible applicants students exceeds the

 

money available, priority shall be given to persons eligible

 

students as directed by the act that appropriated that money.

 

However, if that act does not provide that direction, then priority

 

shall be given to eligible students with the greatest financial

 

need as determined by each educational institution.community

 

college.

 

     (3) A Subject to the requirements of section 3, a student who

 

receives a state competitive scholarship award under Act No. 208 of

 

the Public Acts of 1964, being sections 390.971 to 390.981 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws, or who receives other scholarships or grant

 

awards, may be 1 or more scholarship or grant awards other than a

 

grant award under this act, including a state competitive

 

scholarship award under 1964 PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981, is

 

eligible for funds under this act if the total amount of the

 

student's scholarships and grants those other scholarship and grant

 

awards is less than the student's financial need. A That student's

 

other scholarship and grant awards may be increased with funds from

the grant program under this act up to the level of the maximum

 

grant as provided in subsection (1).

 

     Sec. 6. A grant awarded to a an eligible student pursuant to

 

under this act shall be disregarded as income for purposes of

 

determining eligibility for aid or assistance administered under

 

the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939,

 

being sections 400.1 to 400.121 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1939

 

PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b.

 

     Sec. 7. The authority department may accept gifts, grants,

 

bequests, donations, and devises, from whatever sources, of real,

 

personal, or mixed property and money for the purposes described in

 

this act. The authority department shall prepare an annual report

 

of all gifts, grants, bequests, donations, and devises for the

 

governor and the legislature.

 

     Sec. 8. The authority department shall promulgate rules to

 

implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of

 

1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201

 

to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

 

24.328.