Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Student Financial Services Bureau › Michigan Work-Study Undergraduate Program › Section R. 390.1701 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) As used
				in these rules:
(a) "Act" means Act No. 288
				of the Public Acts of 1986, being S390.1371 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled
				Laws.
(b) "Application" means the
				period of time covered by the MWS award at a recognized 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 recognized 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) "Financial need" means the positive
				difference found by the recognized 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
				recognized postsecondary school in the computation of financial need.
(i) "Full-time study" means enrollment for 12
				or more semester credit hours or its equivalent in trimester or quarter hours
				or the equivalent of 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours per academic year
				for institutions using credit hours to measure progress, but not using
				semester, trimester, or quarter hours. Full-time study during the summer
				session following the regular academic year means enrollment for the number of
				credit hours defined as full-time by the recognized postsecondary school.
				Enrollment status shall be determined as of a uniform date established each
				enrollment period by the recognized postsecondary school for all MWS
				recipients.
(j) "Half-time study"
				means enrollment for not less than 6, but not more than 11, semester credit
				hours or term/quarter equivalent per enrollment period or for not less than
				half of the credit hours defined as full-time in subdivision (i) of this
				subrule. Enrollment status shall be determined as of a uniform date established
				each enrollment period by the recognized postsecondary school for all MWS
				recipients.
(k) "Higher education
				act" means title IV of the federal higher education act of 1965, as amended, 20
				U.S.C. S1070 et seq.
(l)
				"Incarcerated" means currently interned in a correctional facility on either a
				fulltime or a part-time basis.
(m)
				"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.
(n) "MWS" means the Michigan work-study
				program as established by the act.
(o) "Parental unit" means the natural
				parents, adoptive parents, legal guardians, stepparents or other individuals
				required by the recognized postsecondary school to complete the financial
				application for title IV campus-based federal student aid for a dependent
				student.
(p) "Part-time employment"
				means working less than 40 hours per week.
(q) "Pell grants" means the federal pell
				grant program established under the federal higher education act.
(r) "Perkins loans" means the Perkins loan
				program established under the federal higher education act.
(s) "Permanent resident" means an applicant
				who is classified as a permanent resident by the United States immigration and
				naturalization service for the MWS program award period in question.
(t) "Recognized 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 academic programs that are not comprised solely of sectarian instruction
				or religious worship.
(u) "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 MWS 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 recognized postsecondary school's MWS award period
				and that the student involved is not considered a resident of any other
				state.
(v) "Satisfactory
				academic progress" means compliance with standards established by the
				recognized 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.
(w) "Sectarian
				instruction or religious worship" means a program of study leading to a degree
				in theology or divinity.
(x)
				"Student aid" means scholarship, grant, loan, or employment aid that the
				applicant might receive from any source other than the MWS program.
(y) "Undergraduate program of study" means
				courses that are applicable or transferrable to a baccalaureate or lower degree
				or certificate. A program shall be not less than 9 months in length.