Bill Text: MI SB0677 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Higher education: financial aid; eligibility requirements for state competitive scholarships; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 4 of 1964 PA 208 (MCL 390.972 & 390.974).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-11-09 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0677 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0677-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 677
A bill to amend 1964 PA 208, entitled
"An act to grant scholarships to students enrolled in postsecondary education institutions; and to provide for the administration of the scholarship program,"
by amending sections 2 and 4 (MCL 390.972 and 390.974), section 4 as amended by 2021 PA 40.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 2. (1) The administration of this scholarship program shall rest with the Michigan higher education assistance authority created by Act No. 77 of the Public Acts of 1960, being sections 390.951 to 390.960 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.shall administer the scholarship program created in section 1.
(2) As used in this act, "Michigan higher education assistance authority" or "authority" means the Michigan higher education assistance authority created in 1960 PA 77, MCL 390.951 to 390.961, or its successor.
Sec. 4. (1) An applicant is eligible for the award of a first-year scholarship if the authority finds that the applicant meets all of the following:
(a) Has resided continuously in this state for the preceding 12 months and is not considered a resident of any other state.
(b) Has graduated from a high school, or is a student in good standing in a high school who will graduate at the end of the academic year, or an individual who has passed a graduate equivalency examination approved by the state board of education, or, if not a high school graduate, is recommended favorably by an appropriate educational institution as defined in rules promulgated by the authority.
(c) Except for an applicant for a graduate scholarship, based on the state competitive scholarship examination, shows promise of satisfactorily completing a course of study at an approved eligible postsecondary institution of the applicant's choice in this state. For an applicant for a graduate scholarship, the authority shall determine the examination standards for eligibility.
(d) Has complied with this act and the rules promulgated under this act by the authority.
(e) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.
(2) An applicant who the authority determines is eligible for award of a scholarship under this act shall complete using the scholarship within 1 of the following time frames, as applicable:
(a) For an applicant enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution during the 2020 spring term and the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 years after his or her the applicant's eligibility is determined.
(b) For any other applicant, 10 years after his or her the applicant's eligibility is determined.
