SENATE BILL No. 629

 

 

July 16, 2003, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS, ALLEN, BROWN, BARCIA, GARCIA, VAN WOERKOM, SANBORN, OLSHOVE, McMANUS and GILBERT and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1966 PA 313, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "An act to award tuition grants to resident students enrolled in            

    independent nonprofit institutions of higher learning; and to               

    make an appropriation therefor,"                                            

                                                                                

    by amending section 4 (MCL 390.994), as amended by 1980 PA 503.             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 4.  (1) The Michigan higher education assistance                       

                                                                                

2   authority shall determine the amount of the grant to be paid for            

                                                                                

3   each semester or trimester  shall be determined by the Michigan             

                                                                                

4   higher education assistance authority  based upon an evaluation             

                                                                                

5   of the family's financial resources.  In determining financial              

                                                                                

6   resources, the authority shall use the same criteria as used in             

                                                                                

7   Act No. 208 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended, being                  

                                                                                

8   sections 390.971 to 390.981 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1964             

                                                                                

9   PA 208, MCL 390.971 to 390.981.  The evaluation shall make                  

                                                                                

10  allowance for other members of the applicant's family enrolled in           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   an approved institution of higher education.                                

                                                                                

2       (2) A grant shall not be made under this act to a student                   

                                                                                

3   who is enrolled in a program of study leading to a degree in                

                                                                                

4   theology, divinity, or religious education.                                 

                                                                                

5       (2)  (3) Prorated  The Michigan higher education assistance                 

                                                                                

6   authority shall make prorated payments  shall be made  at the               

                                                                                

7   beginning of each semester or term to the student or to the                 

                                                                                

8   college or university for credit to the student's account.