Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity › Michigan Rehabilitation Services › General Vocational Rehabilitation › Part 1 - ELIGIBILITY FOR REHABILITATION SERVICE › Section R. 395.75 - Post-secondary education and vocational training financial needs test

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 25.
(1)
				  College or vocational training may be provided as an IPE-related service when
				  an individual requires new knowledge and skills to achieve an employment goal
				  consistent with the individuals abilities, capabilities, and informed
				  choice.
(2) Individuals shall make
				  maximum effort to secure grant assistance in whole or in part from other
				  sources to pay for post-secondary training. Counselors shall inform individuals
				  considering post-secondary education that they must make timely annual
				  application for post-secondary financial aid.
(3) MRS shall not provide financial
				  assistance for any item covered in the cost of training attendance if the
				  individual, or individuals family as applicable, fails to make maximum effort
				  to apply for, or refuses to accept, federal, state, institutional, and other
				  grants, need-based scholarships, or tuition waivers for which they may be
				  eligible.
(4) Financial support for
				  college or vocational training shall be consistent with MRS policy of
				  purchasing the service that meets the individuals vocational rehabilitation
				  needs at least cost to MRS.
(5) MRS
				  shall impose a financial needs test for the students cost of attendance of
				  training at a post-secondary educational institution. The financial needs test
				  utilized shall be the federally established needs test using the Free
				  Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or its equivalent, as required by
				  the post-secondary institution, to determine student eligibility for state and
				  federal financial aid.
(6) MRS
				  shall not replace the expected family contribution, as determined by the
				  post-secondary institutions financial aid officer using the federal student aid
				  report, in contributing toward the individuals cost of attendance at a
				  post-secondary institution.
(7) MRS
				  shall not replace insurance benefits received, wholly or in part, as a
				  settlement of liability for vocational rehabilitation services, in contributing
				  toward the individuals cost of attendance at a post-secondary
				  institution.
(8) MRS may provide
				  maximum financial support toward an individuals cost of college or vocational
				  training during the academic year of $3,500.00 and $1,200.00 for the summer
				  semester. MRS may consider an exception to the maximum when other forms of
				  student aid are excluded due to disability-related factors. MRS shall
				  periodically adjust the maximum financial support figures in accordance with
				  increases in the cost of living.
(9) Individuals who are eligible for social
				  security benefits under Title II and Title XVI of the social security act shall
				  be exempted from financial need test requirements.
(10) MRS customers attending Michigan Career
				  and Technical Institute are exempt from financial need test requirements and
				  financial aid limitations for the cost of attendance.