HOUSE BILL No. 6384

 

August 30, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Nitz, Emmons, Farhat, Mortimer and Moore and referred to the Committee on Higher Education and Career Preparation.

 

     A bill to amend 1986 PA 288, entitled

 

"An act to establish a Michigan work-study program for qualified

resident students attending eligible postsecondary schools and

employed by qualified employers; and to prescribe the powers and

duties of certain state agencies,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 390.1373).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. A recognized postsecondary school in this state is

 

eligible to participate in the MWS program if the postsecondary

 

school is a degree-granting institution approved by the  state

 

board of education  superintendent of public instruction, the

 

instructional programs are not comprised solely of sectarian

 

instruction or religious worship, and the school participates in

 

the federal work-study program under sections 441 to 448 of title


 

IV of the higher education act of 1965, 42  U.S.C.  USC 2751 to

 

2756b. A participating school, at its option, may offer academic

 

credit to students enrolled in the MWS program.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is intended to

 

transfer back to the superintendent of public instruction certain

 

powers, duties, and functions that were transferred to the former

 

department of career development by Executive Reorganization Order

 

No. 1999-7, MCL 388.995.