Bill Text: MI SB0407 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Higher education: financial aid; eligibility for Michigan reconnect program; modify. Amends secs. 1 & 5 of 2020 PA 84 (MCL 390.1701 & 390.1705). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0406'23
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-12-10 - Placed On Second Reading [SB0407 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0407-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
SENATE BILL NO. 407
A bill to amend 2020 PA 84, entitled
"Michigan reconnect grant act,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 390.1701), as amended by 2022 PA 251.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) This act may be cited as the "Michigan reconnect grant act".
(2) The reconnect program and reconnect initiative created respectively in this act and the Michigan reconnect grant recipient act, 2020 PA 68, MCL 390.1711 to 390.1723, are intended to provide last-dollar financial assistance to individuals who, subject to sections 15(a) and 21(1)(e)(ii)(A) of the Michigan reconnect grant recipient act, 2020 PA 68, MCL 390.1715 and 390.1721, are age 25 21 and older seeking and seek associate degrees or industry-recognized certificates or credentials; to provide those individuals with greater access to the education and skills needed to succeed in, and meet the demands of, an evolving economy in which there is continuing demand for a talented local workforce; to drive innovations specific to adult learners in this state's community colleges; to mitigate educational equity gaps in the furtherance of individual prosperity; and to achieve the goal of increasing the number of residents ages 25 to 64 with a college degree or skill certificate or credential to 60% by 2030.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 406 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
