STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Reps. Pastor, Brandenburg, Hoogendyk, Stahl, Palmer, Casperson, Marleau, Hune, Green, Sheen, Mortimer, Vander Veen, Gosselin, LaJoy and Baxter

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5303

AN ACT to amend 1964 PA 208, entitled "An act to grant scholarships to students enrolled in postsecondary education institutions; and to provide for the administration of the scholarship program," by amending section 4 (MCL 390.974), as amended by 1986 PA 270.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4. (1) An applicant is eligible for the award of a first-year scholarship if the authority finds that the applicant meets all of the following:

(a) Is a United States citizen or any other student described as eligible to receive title IV, HEA program assistance under 34 CFR 668.33.

(b) Has resided continuously in this state for the preceding 12 months and is not considered a resident of any other state.

(c) Has graduated from a high school, or is a student in good standing in a high school who will graduate at the end of the academic year, or is an individual who has passed a graduate equivalency examination approved by the state board of education, or, if not a high school graduate, is an individual recommended favorably by an appropriate educational institution as defined in rules promulgated by the authority.

(d) Except for the applicant for a graduate scholarship, based upon the state competitive scholarship examination, the applicant shows promise of satisfactorily completing a course of study at an approved postsecondary institution of the applicant's choice in this state. For an applicant for a graduate scholarship, the authority shall determine the examination standards for eligibility.

(e) Has complied with this act and the rules promulgated under this act by the authority.

(f) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.

(2) An applicant who the authority determines is eligible for award of a scholarship under this act shall complete using the scholarship within 10 years after his or her eligibility is determined.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 5300.

(b) House Bill No. 5301.

(c) House Bill No. 5302.

(d) House Bill No. 5304.

(e) House Bill No. 5305.

(f) House Bill No. 5306.

(g) House Bill No. 5307.

(h) House Bill No. 5308.

(i) House Bill No. 5309.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor