Bill Text: MI HB5036 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5036

 

October 1, 2013, 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 and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled

 

"Community college act of 1966,"

 

(MCL 389.1 to 389.195) by adding section 123a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 123a. (1) Beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year, 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 a qualified veteran, a member of

 

a reserve branch of the armed forces, or a member of the Michigan

 

national guard:

 

     (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 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:

 

     (a) "Qualified veteran" means an individual who served as a

 

member of the armed forces and was not dishonorably separated from

 

military service.

 

     (b) "Transcript" includes a joint services transcript prepared

 

for the applicant under the American council on education registry

 

of credit recommendations.