STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

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

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5304

AN ACT 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 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.

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. 5303.

(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.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor