HOUSE BILL No. 6013

 

 

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.