Bill Text: MI HB5036 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Higher education; community colleges; acceptance of an American council on education transcript; allow, and clarify transferable credits. Amends 1966 PA 331 (MCL 389.1 - 389.195) by adding sec. 123a.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 26-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-31 - Assigned Pa 483'14 With Immediate Effect 2014 Addenda [HB5036 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5036-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
97TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Introduced by Reps. Rendon, Goike, Daley, Lauwers, Zorn, Santana, Potvin, Kurtz, Hooker, Muxlow, Yonker, Callton, Knezek, Bumstead, Graves, Jenkins, Lori, Cotter, MacGregor, Lane, Leonard, LaFontaine, Kowall, Price, Franz, Victory, Glardon, Lund and Foster
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5036
AN ACT to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the laws relating to community colleges; to provide for the creation of community college districts; to provide a charter for such districts; to provide for the government, control and administration of such districts; to provide for the election of a board of trustees; to define the powers and duties of the board of trustees; to provide for the assessment, levy, collection and return of taxes therefor; to authorize community college districts to operate a new jobs training program, enter into certain training agreements, and issue bonds to finance the training program; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 389.1 to 389.195) by adding section 123b.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 123b. (1) The board of trustees shall ensure that the community college 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 community college.
(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 community college 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.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
