HOUSE BILL No. 6139

 

May 21, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Amos, Palmer, Garfield, Knollenberg, Meltzer, Moss, Hune, Rick Jones, Steil, Stahl, Moore, Stakoe, Calley, LaJoy, Meekhof, Opsommer, David Law, Nitz, Caul and Marleau and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 228, entitled

 

"The legislative merit award program act,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1304), as amended by 2004 PA 182.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. A person is eligible for a scholarship award if the

 

person meets all of the following qualifications:

 

     (a) Has resided in this state continuously for the preceding

 

12 months 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) (b) Has not graduated from high school at the time of the

 

scholarship examination.

 


     (d) (c) Enrolls in a recognized postsecondary educational

 

institution within 4 years after graduation from high school.

 

     (e) (d) Is not enrolled in an institution whose primary

 

purpose is to prepare students for ordination or appointment as a

 

member of the clergy of a church, denomination, or religious

 

association, order, or sect.