Bill Text: MI HB5041 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Higher education; financial aid; part-time independent student program; revise funding eligibility, sunset program, and return money to general fund. Amends secs. 3, 5 & 7 of 1986 PA 102 (MCL 390.1283 et seq.) & repeals 1986 PA 102 (MCL 390.1281 - 390.1288).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-09 - Printed Bill Filed 06/05/2009 [HB5041 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5041-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5041

 

June 4, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Smith 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 3, 5, and 7 (MCL 390.1283, 390.1285, and

 

390.1287), section 3 as amended by 2004 PA 180; and to repeal acts

 

and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. A person 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

 

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.

 

     (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.

 

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

 

under this act by the authority.

 

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

 

     (h) (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.

 

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

 

academic progress.

 

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

 

educational institution shall grant to the student an amount of not

 

more than $600.00 per academic year for not more than 2 12-month

 

periods at any given educational institution.

 

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

 

available, priority shall be given to persons with the greatest

 

financial need as determined by each educational institution.

 

     (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 1964 PA 208, MCL

 

390.971 to 390.981, or who receives other scholarships or grant

 

awards, may be eligible for funds under this act if the total

 

amount of the student's scholarships and grants is less than the

 

student's financial need. A student's scholarship and grant awards

 

may be increased with funds from the program under this act up to

 

the level of the maximum grant as provided in subsection (1).

 

     (4) The authority shall not provide grants under this act in

 

the 2009-2010 academic year or any subsequent academic year.

 

     (5) If a student was awarded a grant under this act before the

 

2009-2010 academic year, the authority shall not pay the amount of

 

the grant or any remaining unpaid balance of the grant to the

 

student or the approved Michigan degree-granting educational

 

institution on behalf of the student after September 15, 2009.

 

     (6) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that

 

added this subsection, the authority shall notify each new grant

 

recipient, each existing grant recipient who has not received all

 

of his or her grant money, and each approved Michigan degree-

 

granting educational institution of the pending repeal of this act

 

and the timetables described in subsections (4) and (5).

 

     (7) As used in this section, "academic year" means the period

 

from August 1 of a calendar year to July 31 of the next calendar

 

year.

 

     Sec. 7. (1) The authority 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 shall prepare an annual report of all gifts, grants,

 

bequests, donations, and devises for the governor and the

 

legislature.

 

     (2) On September 30, 2009, any restricted funds or other money

 

held by the authority for purposes of this act shall revert to the

 

general fund.

 

     Enacting section 1. 1986 PA 102, MCL 390.1281 to 390.1288, is

 

repealed effective October 1, 2009.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

00505'09) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.