Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Treasury › Student Financial Services Bureau › Michigan Work-Study Graduate Program › Section R. 390.1771 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
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.