390.974 Eligibility of applicant for award of first-year scholarship; duration of scholarship.

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Sec. 4.

(1)Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), an applicant is eligible for the award of a first-year scholarship if the department finds that the applicant meets all of the following:

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

(b)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 an individual who has passed a graduate equivalency examination approved by the state board of education, or, if not a high school graduate, is recommended favorably by an appropriate educational institution as defined in rules promulgated by the department.

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

(d)Has complied with this act and the rules promulgated under this act by the department.

(e)Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.

(2)An applicant who the department determines is eligible for award of a scholarship under this act shall complete using the scholarship within 1 of the following time frames, as applicable:

(a)For an applicant enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution during the 2020 spring term and the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 years after the applicant's eligibility is determined.

(b)For any other applicant, 10 years after the applicant's eligibility is determined.

(3)Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, students enrolling in postsecondary educational institutions for the first time after the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2023, and students who have not already received state competitive scholarships before the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2023, are not eligible to receive state competitive scholarships under this act.

History: 1964, Act 208, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 141, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1966 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 428, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1977 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1979 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 500, Eff. July 1, 1981 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 40 , Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 233 , Eff. Apr. 2, 2025

Admin Rule: R 390.1551 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.