HOUSE BILL No. 6141

 

May 21, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Horn, Agema, Palmer, Amos, Knollenberg, Meltzer, Moss, Hune, Rick Jones, Steil, Stahl, Moore, Stakoe, Calley, LaJoy, Meekhof, Opsommer, David Law, Nitz, Caul and Marleau and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

 

     A bill to amend 1986 PA 303, entitled

 

"An act to establish a Michigan work-study program for qualified

resident students attending eligible graduate and professional

graduate schools and employed by qualified employers; to prescribe

the powers and duties of certain state agencies; and to provide for

an appropriation,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1324).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. (1) A student is eligible to participate in the

 

program if the student meets the following requirements:

 

     (a) Has resided in this state continuously for the 12 months

 

preceding his or her application to the program and is not

 

considered a resident of any other state.

 

     (b) Is a United States citizen or permanent resident of this

 

country.

 

     (b) Is a United States citizen or any other student described

 


as eligible to receive title IV, HEA program assistance under 34

 

CFR 668.33.

 

     (c) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institute.

 

     (d) Is enrolled in at least a half-time graduate program of

 

study at a graduate or professional graduate school that meets the

 

requirements in section 3.

 

     (e) Is certified by the financial aid officer at the graduate

 

or professional graduate school as needing employment in order to

 

meet recognized educational expenses.

 

     (f) Is not in default on a loan guaranteed by the authority.

 

     (2) A student shall maintain satisfactory academic progress,

 

as defined by the graduate or professional graduate school in which

 

the student is enrolled, to remain eligible for the program under

 

this act.

 

     (3) A full-time graduate student at any particular school for

 

each degree level shall be eligible for the program for not more

 

than 12 terms or its equivalent in semesters, and a less than full-

 

time graduate student for the equivalent as determined by the

 

authority.