Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Student Financial Services Bureau › Adult Part-Time Grant Program › Section R. 390.1751 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) As used
				in these rules:
(a) "Act" means Act No. 102
				of the Public Acts of 1986, being S390.1281 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled
				Laws.
(b) "APTG" means the adult
				part-time grant program as established by the act.
(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) "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.
(f)
				"Degree-granting educational institution" means a public or nonpublic
				postsecondary college or university located within the state of Michigan which
				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."
(g) "Educational expenses" means student
				costs related to attendance as specified by the participating 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)
				"Higher education act" means title IV of the federal higher education act of
				1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. S1070 et seq.
(i) "Incarcerated" means currently interned
				in a correctional facility on either a fulltime or a part-time basis.
(j) "Part-time" means enrollment for between
				3 and 11 semester or term hours. This determination shall be made on an
				enrollment count date that is established by each participating postsecondary
				school each enrollment period for all students being funded under the APTG
				program.
(k) "Perkins loans" means
				the Perkins loan program established under the federal higher education
				act.
(l) "Permanent resident" means
				an applicant who is classified as a permanent resident by the United States
				immigration and naturalization service for the APTG program award period in
				question.
(m) "Resident" means an
				independent student who has lived in Michigan continuously for a minimum of 12
				months immediately preceding the participating postsecondary school's APTG
				award period and who is not considered a resident of any other state.
(n) "Satisfactory academic progress" means
				compliance with the standards established by the participating postsecondary
				school of enrollment pursuant to the higher education act regarding minimal
				criteria of academic progress needed to maintain eligibility for the federal
				campus-based student aid programs.
(o) "Student aid" means any scholarship,
				grant, loan, or employment aid that an applicant receives from any source other
				than the APTG program.
(p)
				"Undergraduate program" 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.