Bill Text: MI HB4060 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Higher education; state universities; acceptance of an American council on education transcript; allow, and clarify transferable credits. Amends 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1601 - 388.1896) by adding sec. 275b.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-10 - Assigned Pa 44'15 With Immediate Effect [HB4060 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB4060-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4060

 

January 27, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Hughes, Rendon, Graves, Glenn, Heise, Hooker, Rutledge, Outman, Bumstead, Lyons, Price, Crawford, Yonker, Runestad, Kelly, Chatfield, Barrett, Callton, Muxlow and Jenkins and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

(MCL 388.1601 to 388.1896) by adding section 275b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 275b. (1) Each public university receiving funds under

 

section 236 shall ensure that the public university does all of the

 

following in its admission application process if it knows that an

 

applicant for admission is currently serving, or has ever served,

 

as a member of the military, the national guard, or the military

 

reserves:

 

     (a) Inform the applicant that he or she may receive academic

 

credit for college-level training and education he or she received

 

while serving in the military.

 

     (b) Inform the applicant that he or she may submit a

 

transcript of his or her college-level military training and

 

education to the public university.

 

     (c) If the applicant submits a transcript described in

 

subdivision (b), evaluate that transcript and notify the applicant

 

of what transfer credits are available to the applicant from the

 

public university for his or her college-level military training

 

and education.

 

     (2) As used in this section, "transcript" includes a joint

 

services transcript prepared for the applicant under the American

 

council on education registry of credit recommendations.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.