***** 390.1457a THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 479 OF 2006 EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 *****
Sec. 7a.
(1) Subject to section 7b(2) and to adjustment under subsection (2), a student who was enrolled in grade 7 in or after the 1999-2000 school year and graduated from high school before the 2006-2007 school year, who meets the requirements of section 7b(1), and who the board finds has taken the middle school assessment test in each of the subject areas while in grades 7 and 8 is eligible for 1 of the following Michigan merit award scholarships:
(a) If the board finds that the student while in grades 7 and 8 received qualifying results in 2 of the subject areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science, a Michigan merit award scholarship of $250.00.
(b) If the board finds that the student while in grades 7 and 8 received qualifying results in 3 of the subject areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science, a Michigan merit award scholarship of $375.00.
(c) If the board finds that the student while in grades 7 and 8 received qualifying results in all of the subject areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science, a Michigan merit award scholarship of $500.00.
(2) In any fiscal year, the board may adjust the amount of a Michigan merit award scholarship available to students eligible under subsection (1) based upon its determination of available resources and amounts appropriated, but the board shall not increase an amount by more than 5% in any fiscal year. The board shall notify the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the majority leader of the senate in writing at least 30 days before an adjustment under this subsection.
History: Add. 2004, Act 595, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2005 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2006
Last modified: October 10, 2016