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MICHIGAN STATUTES AND CODES
Section 390.1452 - Definitions.
Act 94 of 1999
***** 390.1452 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 479 OF 2006 EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 *****
390.1452 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Approved postsecondary educational institution" means any of the following:
(i) A degree or certificate granting public or private college or university, junior college, or community college.
(ii) A service academy.
(iii) An educational institution, other than an educational institution described in subparagraph (i) or (ii), granting degrees, certificates, or other recognized credentials and designated by the board as an approved postsecondary educational institution.
(iv) A program of an educational institution, other than an educational institution described in subparagraph (i) or (ii), granting degrees, certificates, or other recognized credentials and designated by the board as an approved postsecondary educational institution.
(b) "Assessment test" means the middle school assessment test or the high school assessment test.
(c) "Board" means the Michigan merit award board established in this act.
(d) "Department of career development" means the department of career development created in Executive Order No. 1999-1.
(e) "Eligible costs" means tuition and fees charged by an approved postsecondary educational institution; related costs for room, board, books, supplies, transportation, or day care; and other costs determined by the board.
(f) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state.
(g) "High school assessment test" means the state assessments described in section 1279 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1279, and section 104a of the state school aid act, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1704a.
(h) "Michigan merit award scholarship" means a scholarship awarded by the board under section 7 or 7a.
(i) "Middle school assessment test" means the Michigan education assessment program (MEAP) subject area assessments given in grades 7 and 8 or any successor assessment test designated by the board.
(j) "Qualifying results" means assessment test results, scores, or ranges of scores determined by the board that qualify a pupil for a Michigan merit award scholarship under section 7 or 7a.
(k) "Service academy" means the United States military academy, United States naval academy, United States air force academy, United States coast guard academy, or United States merchant marine academy.
(l) "State board" means the state board of education.
(m) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of public instruction.
(n) "Trust fund" means the Michigan merit award trust fund established in section 9 of the Michigan trust fund act, 2000 PA 489, MCL 12.259.
History: 1999, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1999 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 736, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 595, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2005 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2006
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of merit award board to superintendent of public instruction by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-2, compiled at MCL 388.997.