Mich. Admin. Code R. 390.1771 - Definitions

Rule 1.

(1) As used in these rules:

(a) "Act" means Act No. 303 of the Public Acts of 1986, being S390.1321 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(b) "Application" means the period of time covered by the MWSG award at a postsecondary school.

(c) "Authority" means the Michigan higher education assistance authority created by Act No. 77 of the Public Acts of 1960, as amended, being S390.951 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(d) "Campus-based aid" means the federal financial aid programs administered by the financial aid officer at a participating postsecondary school. These programs shall include supplemental educational opportunity grants, college work-study, and Perkins loans.

(e) "CWS" means the college work-study program established under the federal higher education act.

(f) "Default" means failure to comply with the terms of a loan guaranteed by the authority so that the authority finds it necessary to reimburse the lending institution for the balance of the loan.

(g) "Educational expenses" means student costs related to attendance as specified by the postsecondary school. These expenses may include tuition and fees charged to the student and a reasonable allowance for room and board, transportation, books and equipment, and incidental expenses.

(h) "Employment" means working 40 hours or less per week in conjunction with the MWSG program.

(i) "Financial need" means the positive difference found by the postsecondary school between the applicant's educational expenses and any reasonable family unit contribution identified consistent with current need analysis review procedures approved for use with campus-based title IV federal student aid programs as provided for under the federal higher education act. Other sources of student aid to be received by the applicant for the award period in question shall be included by the postsecondary school in the computation of financial need.

(j) "Full-time study" means enrollment for the number of credit hours per enrollment period officially defined as full-time by the postsecondary school. Enrollment status shall be determined as of a uniform date established each enrollment period by the recognized postsecondary school for all MWSG recipients.

(k) "Graduate or professional graduate program of study" means graduate-level courses that lead to a graduate or professional graduate degree.

(l) "Half-time study" means enrollment for not less than half of the credit hours officially defined as full-time by the postsecondary school. Enrollment status shall be determined as of a uniform date established each enrollment period by the postsecondary school for all MWSG recipients.

(m) "Higher education act" means title IV of the federal higher education act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. S1070 et seq.

(n) "Incarcerated" means currently interned in a correctional facility on either a fulltime or a part-time basis.

(o) "Independent or self-supporting status" means current federal requirements, as defined in 34 C.F.R. S668.1a, as amended, have been met concerning conditions under which parental resources can be disregarded in the computation of a student's eligibility for financial aid.

(p) "MWSG" means the Michigan work-study graduate program as established by the act.

(q) "Perkins loans" means the Perkins loan program established under the federal higher education act.

(r) "Permanent resident" means an applicant who is classified as a permanent resident by the United States immigration and naturalization service for the MWSG program award period in question.

(s) "Postsecondary school" means a public or nonpublic degree-granting college or university located within the state of Michigan that meets all of the following criteria:

(i) Is approved by the Michigan state board of education and is eligible to be listed in the Michigan department of education's publication entitled "Directory of Michigan Institutions of Higher Education."

(ii) Is currently participating in the federal college work-study program as authorized by the federal higher education act.

(iii) Offers graduate or professional graduate academic programs that are not comprised solely of sectarian instruction or religious worship.

(t) "Resident" means either of the following:

(i) For a dependent student who does not meet current federal guidelines for independent or self-supporting status as provided for under the federal higher education act, it means that the student's home address formally recognized by the school as the basis for residency documentation has been in Michigan for a minimum of 12 months immediately preceding the postsecondary school's MWSG award period and that the school does not consider the student a resident of any other state.

(ii) For an independent student who does meet current federal guidelines for independent or self-supporting status as provided for under the federal higher education act, it means that the student involved has resided in Michigan continuously for a minimum of 12 months immediately preceding the postsecondary school's MWSG award period and that the student involved is not considered a resident of any other state.

(u) "Satisfactory academic progress" means, at a minimum, compliance with standards established by the postsecondary school of enrollment pursuant to the federal higher education act regarding minimal criteria of academic progress needed to maintain eligibility for the federal campus-based student aid programs.

(v) "Sectarian instruction or religious worship" means a program of study leading to a degree in theology or divinity.

(w) "Student aid" means scholarship, grant, loan, or employment aid that the applicant might receive from any source other than the MWSG program.

(2) Terms defined in the act have the same meanings when used in these rules.

Notes

Mich. Admin. Code R. 390.1771

1988 AACS