2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 390 - UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
Act 549 of 2008 - MICHIGAN PROMISE ZONE AUTHORITY ACT (390.1661 - 390.1679)
Section 390.1667 - Promise zone development plan; provisions; funding for out-of-state postsecondary institution prohibited; submission of plan or amendments to department of treasury; approval or written notice of deficiencies.

MICHIGAN PROMISE ZONE AUTHORITY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 549 of 2008

390.1667 Promise zone development plan; provisions; funding for out-of-state postsecondary institution prohibited; submission of plan or amendments to department of treasury; approval or written notice of deficiencies.

Sec. 7.

(1) A promise zone authority created under section 5 shall prepare a promise zone development plan.

(2) The promise zone development plan shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(a) A complete description of the proposed promise of financial assistance. The proposed promise of financial assistance shall include, but is not limited to, a promise of financial assistance to all students residing within the promise zone and who graduate from a public high school or nonpublic high school located within that promise zone. The proposed promise of financial assistance shall, at a minimum, provide funding sufficient to provide an eligible student the tuition necessary to obtain an associate degree or its equivalent at a community or junior college in this state or combination of community or junior colleges in this state and, at most, provide funding sufficient to provide an eligible student the tuition necessary to obtain a bachelor's degree or its equivalent at a public postsecondary institution in this state or combination of public postsecondary institutions in this state, subject to any limitations authorized under this section. The proposed promise of financial assistance may also, at most, provide funding for an eligible student to attend a private college in this state in an amount not to exceed the average tuition necessary to obtain a bachelor's degree at all public universities in this state. The proposed promise of financial assistance may also authorize the expenditure of funds for educational improvement activities designed to increase readiness for postsecondary education at public schools located in the promise zone.

(b) A complete description of any limitation on the promise of financial assistance; if the promise of financial assistance will be prorated based on the number of years the student has resided within the promise zone; if the promise of financial assistance will be restricted to students who have resided within or attended a public high school or nonpublic high school within the promise zone for a minimum number of years; if the promise of financial assistance is predicated on the student maintaining a minimum college grade point average and carrying a minimum college credit hour classload; or if the promise of financial assistance is restricted to attendance at 1 or more public or private postsecondary institutions in this state.

(c) A requirement that graduates of a public high school or nonpublic high school exhaust all other known and available restricted grants for tuition and fees for postsecondary education provided by a federal, state, or local governmental entity, as determined by the board.

(d) How the funds necessary to accomplish the promise of financial assistance will be raised. Any amount received under the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, shall not be included as a method of raising the necessary funds. The promise zone development plan shall be financed from 1 or more of the following sources:

(i) Donations.

(ii) Revenues.

(iii) Money obtained from other sources approved by the governing body or otherwise authorized by law.

(e) An actuarial model of how much the proposed plan is estimated to cost, based on actuarial formulas developed by the department of treasury.

(3) The proposed promise of financial assistance under subsection (2) shall not include funding for attendance at a public or private postsecondary institution not located in this state.

(4) The board shall submit the promise zone development plan to the department of treasury promptly after its adoption. The promise zone development plan shall be published on the website of the eligible entity that established the promise zone.

(5) The department of treasury shall review the promise zone development plan submitted under subsection (4). Not more than 60 days after receipt of a promise zone development plan submitted under subsection (4), the department of treasury shall either approve the promise zone development plan or provide a written notice of deficiencies. If the department of treasury does not approve a promise zone development plan submitted under subsection (4) or provide a written notice of deficiencies within 60 days, the promise zone development plan shall be considered approved. If a promise zone development plan is approved, the department of treasury shall certify that the promise zone development plan meets all requirements under this act and is sustainable.

(6) The department of treasury shall review any proposed amendments to a promise zone development plan. Not more than 60 days after receipt of proposed amendments to a promise zone development plan, the department of treasury shall either approve the proposed amendments or provide a written notice of deficiencies. If the department of treasury does not approve proposed amendments or provide a written notice of deficiencies within 60 days, the proposed amendments shall be considered approved. If proposed amendments are approved, the department of treasury shall certify that the amendments meet all requirements under this act.

History: 2008, Act 549, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009