November 9, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Rendon and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 2014 PA 259, entitled
"Michigan national guard tuition assistance act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 32.433).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
3. (1) The Michigan national National
guard Guard tuition
assistance program is created within the department of military and
veterans affairs.
(2) The adjutant general shall administer the tuition
assistance program and prescribe forms and procedures to
effectively carry out the tuition assistance program.
(3) An eligible person may apply for tuition assistance from
the tuition assistance program before enrolling in an eligible
educational institution. The adjutant general shall approve the
application if the applicant is an eligible person and if there is
sufficient money in the fund to cover the amount of tuition
assistance determined to be available under this subsection by the
adjutant general in that academic year. The adjutant general shall
determine the amount of tuition assistance that may be provided
under this subsection in any academic year. The amount of tuition
assistance determined by the adjutant general under this subsection
shall
apply applies to all eligible persons.
(4) If an eligible person has enrolled in an eligible
educational institution and has not applied for and received
tuition assistance from the tuition assistance program, the
eligible person may apply for tuition assistance for tuition paid
to the eligible educational institution in that current academic
year. The adjutant general shall approve the application if the
applicant is an eligible person and if there is sufficient money in
the fund to cover the amount of tuition assistance determined to be
available under this subsection by the adjutant general in that
academic year. The adjutant general shall determine the amount of
tuition assistance that may be provided under this subsection in
any academic year. The amount of tuition assistance determined by
the
adjutant general under this subsection shall apply applies to
all eligible persons.
(5) The tuition assistance program applies to any course of
study that is intended to culminate in vocational or technical
training, a certificate, or the eligible person's first associate
degree, bachelor's degree, or master's degree.
(6)
The tuition assistance program applies to an eligible
person
notwithstanding any other educational incentive or benefit
received
by the eligible person under any other educational
assistance
program provided by any other law.The
adjutant general
may make a tuition assistance distribution under this section to
either the eligible person or the eligible education institution,
and may determine when the distribution is made.
(7) Upon completion of a course of study, an eligible person
who successfully applied for tuition assistance under subsection
(3) or (4) shall provide evidence of attendance and completion of
the course of study with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 on a
4.0 scale, as applicable, in that current semester, in a manner
prescribed by the adjutant general.
(8) If an eligible person who received tuition assistance
under subsection (3) or who received reimbursement for the cost of
tuition under subsection (4) did not complete the course of study
for which it was granted, that eligible person shall reimburse the
fund in an amount and in a manner prescribed by the adjutant
general unless the eligible person was deployed in a state or
federal status that resulted in the eligible person's inability to
complete the course of study. In that case, the matter shall be
determined by the adjutant general.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.