HB 4834 Summary

• Amends the Michigan Promise Grant Act to modify eligibility requirements for grant recipients who are high school graduates from the 2006-2007 academic year onward.

• Adds citizenship requirement specifying that students must be United States citizens or eligible to receive Title IV federal Higher Education Act program assistance under 34 CFR 668.33.

• Reorganizes and renumbers existing eligibility criteria including residency, academic performance standards, state assessment test requirements, and postsecondary enrollment timelines.

• Extends the 2-year enrollment deadline for students who become members of the United States Armed Forces or Peace Corps during that period.

• Bill effectiveness is contingent on enactment of nine companion bills (HB 4829, 4831, 4832, 4833, 4860, 4863, 4869, and 4874) from the 99th Legislature.