SB-0628, As Passed Senate, May 25, 2004                                     

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                           HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR                                 

                                                                                

                           SENATE BILL NO. 628                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1986 PA 273, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "An act to establish a Michigan educational opportunity grant               

    program for resident qualified students enrolled in eligible                

    public postsecondary schools; and to prescribe the powers and               

    duties of certain state agencies,"                                          

                                                                                

    by amending section 3 (MCL 390.1403).                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3.  (1) A recognized postsecondary school in this state                

                                                                                

2   is eligible to participate in the MEOG program under this act if            

                                                                                

3   the postsecondary school is a degree-granting public institution            

                                                                                

4   approved by the  state board of education  department of labor              

                                                                                

5   and economic growth.                                                        

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   is enrolled in  a program of study leading to a degree in                   

                                                                                

8   theology, divinity, or religious education  an institution whose            

                                                                                

9   primary purpose is to prepare students for ordination or                    

                                                                                

10  appointment as a member of the clergy of a church, denomination,            


                                                                                

1   or religious association, order, or sect.