October 24, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Steil and Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 1996 PA 195, entitled
"Police officer's and fire fighter's survivor tuition act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1244).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) Beginning in the 1996-1997 academic year, upon
receiving an application under section 3(c), the department shall
determine whether the applicant and the courses for which tuition
waiver is sought meet the requirements of section 3 and, if so,
shall approve the application and notify the state institution of
higher education that the application has been approved.
(2)
Beginning Subject to
subsection (3), beginning in the
1996-1997 academic year, upon application by the state institution
of higher education, the department annually shall reimburse each
state institution of higher education for the total amount of
tuition waived during the immediately preceding fiscal year under
section 3. The department annually shall report to the legislature
the number of individuals for whom tuition has been waived at each
state institution of higher education and the total amounts to be
paid under this act for that fiscal year.
(3) Beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, the department
shall reimburse under subsection (2) only those state institutions
of higher education that consider a student enrolled in that
institution a resident of this state for determining his or her
tuition rates if the student is any of the following:
(a) An active duty member, or the spouse or dependent child of
an active duty member, of the armed forces of the United States,
while that active duty member is stationed in this state and during
the student's continuous enrollment in the academic degree program
in which he or she is enrolled if that active duty member is
transferred to active duty outside of this state.
(b) A child of an active duty member of the armed forces of
the United States who was stationed in this state but is
transferred to a duty location outside of this state within the 1-
year period preceding the student's initial enrollment in that
institution and the student continues to live in this state.