SB-0662, As Passed Senate, May 19, 2004                                     

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 662

                                                                             A bill to amend 1974 PA 75, entitled                                              

"An act to provide for payment to approved independent nonprofit            

institutions of higher education, located within the state, for             

all earned degrees conferred upon Michigan residents; and to                

provide for appropriations,"                                                

by amending section 3 (MCL 390.1023), as amended by 1984 PA 9.              

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 3.  (1) A degree earned in a program with respect to                   

2   which state reimbursement other than that established by this act           

3   is granted to an independent nonprofit institution is excluded              

4   from computation under section 1.                                           

5       (2) A degree conferred  in theology, divinity, or religious                 

6   education by an institution whose primary purpose is to prepare            

7   students for ordination or appointment as a member of the clergy            

8   of a church, denomination, or religious association, order, or              

9   sect is excluded from computation under section 1.                          

10  (3) Funds disbursed under section 1 shall not be used by                    

1   any recipient institution for theological, divinity, or religious           

2   education programs.