SB-0661, As Passed Senate, May 19, 2004                                     

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 661

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 105, entitled                                             

"An act to provide grants to students enrolled in independent               

nonprofit institutions of higher learning; and to provide for the           

promulgation of rules,"                                                     

by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1274).                                       

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 4.  A student is eligible for a grant if the student                   

2   meets all of the following criteria:                                        

3       (a) The student is enrolled as a full-time or part-time                     

4   student at an eligible college or university as specified in                

5   section 2.  In order to be eligible for a grant, a part-time                

6   student must be enrolled in at least a one-half time course of              

7   study as defined by the authority.                                          

8       (b) The student is not enrolled in  a program of study                      

9   leading to a degree in theology or divinity an institution whose           

10  primary purpose is to prepare students for ordination or                    

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

2   or religious association, order, or sect.                                   

3       (c) The student has resided in this state continuously for                  

4   the preceding 12 months and is not considered a resident of any             

5   other state.                                                                

6       (d) The student is making satisfactory academic progress as                 

7   defined by the college or university in which the student is                

8   enrolled.