HOUSE BILL No. 5880


     April 10, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Palmer and referred to the Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1999 PA 94, entitled

   "Michigan merit award scholarship act,"

   by amending sections 4 and 9 (MCL 390.1454 and 390.1459).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 4.  (1) The Michigan merit award board is established

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        within the department of treasury AS AN AGENCY OF THE MICHIGAN

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        ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD.  The goal of the board is to increase

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        access to postsecondary education and reward Michigan high school

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        graduates who have demonstrated academic achievement.

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             (2)  The board shall exercise its authority, powers, duties,

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        and responsibilities independent of the state treasurer.

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        However, all  ALL administrative functions OF THE BOARD, includ-

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        ing budgeting, procurement, and personnel functions, shall be

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        performed under the direction and supervision of the  state

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        treasurer  MICHIGAN ASSESSMENT GOVERNING BOARD.


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             (3) The board shall consist of 7 members.  The members shall

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        include the  state treasurer  CHAIRPERSON OF THE MICHIGAN ASSESS-

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        MENT GOVERNING BOARD or his or her designee, the superintendent

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        or his or her designee, the director of the department of career

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        development or his or her designee, and 4 members appointed by

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        the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.  The

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         state treasurer  CHAIRPERSON OF THE MICHIGAN ASSESSMENT GOVERN-

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        ING BOARD or his or her designee shall serve as the chairperson

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        of the board.

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             (4) The term of a member appointed by the governor shall be

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        4 years.  Of the members first appointed by the governor, 2 shall

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        be appointed for 2-year terms and 2 shall be appointed for 4-year

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        terms.

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             (5) A member appointed by the governor may be removed by the

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        governor for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.

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             (6) A vacancy on the board shall be filled for the balance

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        of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original

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        appointment.

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             (7) The board may incur expenses necessary to carry out its

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        powers and duties under this act and shall compensate its members

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        for reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out their official

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        duties.

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             (8) The MICHIGAN ASSESSMENT GOVERNING board shall establish

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        a statewide toll-free telephone line and internet access to

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        receive questions, comments, and complaints concerning the

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        assessment test, including, but not limited to, complaints of

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        student cheating on the assessment test, complaints or comments



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        about specific assessment test questions or testing conditions,

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        or other questions, comments, or complaints relating to the

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        development, preparation, distribution, scoring, or dissemination

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        of results of the assessment test.

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             Sec. 9.  The board may promulgate rules pursuant to the

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        administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to

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        24.328, to implement and administer this act, including, but not

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        limited to, 1 or more of the following:

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             (a) Rules establishing the board's administrative

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        procedures.

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             (b) Rules governing the qualification requirements for or

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        the award of Michigan merit award scholarships under this act.

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             (c) Rules establishing an appeals process from a determina-

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        tion of ineligibility for a Michigan merit award scholarship.

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             (d) Rules establishing what information or reports a student

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        or postsecondary educational institution must provide to estab-

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        lish eligibility and when that information or those reports must

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        be provided.

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             (e) Rules prescribing the reports to be made by a student

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        awarded 1 or more Michigan merit award scholarships and by a

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        postsecondary educational institution to which the Michigan merit

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        award scholarship is paid.

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              (f) Rules governing assessment test administration and

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        addressing cheating on an assessment test.

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             Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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        effect unless Senate Bill No. ________ or House Bill No. 5879





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        (request no. 02837'01) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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        law.




















































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