SB 382 — Higher education: financial aid; Michigan achievement scholarship; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0383'25

SB-382, As Passed Senate, September 25, 2025 SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.

(2) The Michigan achievement scholarship is created in this act and, subject to appropriation, is funded in article III of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1836 to 388.1891, to provide last-dollar scholarship assistance to certain residents JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 of this state attending certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state;

JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 (d) "Gift aid" includes federal Pell grants under 20 USC 1070a, tuition incentive program benefits under section 256 of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1856, state tuition grants under section 252 of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1852, amounts received for minimum payments awarded under section 248 of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1848, higher education expenses paid under the Michigan promise zone authority act, 2008 PA 549, MCL 390.1661 to 390.1679, and all other federal, state, local, or institutional aid in the form of grants, scholarships, or discounts applied only toward tuition and mandatory fees.

(ii) For a student attending a public university or an independent nonprofit college or university, or for a student enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program described in section 121 JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 of the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.121, an amount equal to the student's individual cost of attendance, minus all gift aid received by the student.

JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 (a) Maintain residency in this state, as determined for purposes of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

(h) For an individual who is enrolled at an eligible institution that is a public university or an independent nonprofit college or university, or who is enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program described in section 121 of the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.121, at an eligible institution, be an JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 SAI eligible student.

(c) For an eligible student who is enrolled at an eligible institution that is a public university or an independent nonprofit college or university, or is enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program described in section 121 of the community college act of JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.121, the amount prescribed under section 248 of the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1848.

The workgroup must include participation from the Michigan Association of State Universities and its institutional members, the Michigan JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 College Access Network, the Michigan Community College Association and its institutional members, the Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities and its institutional members, and any other interested stakeholders and offices as determined by the department.

(viii) As applicable, a delineation of each measure described in JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 subparagraphs (i) to (vii) by sector, including community colleges, tribal colleges, public universities, and independent colleges and universities.

(2) Each eligible institution whose students receive awards JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 under this act shall cooperate with the department in a timely manner to facilitate the creation of the reports under subsection (1)(d) and (e).

(i) For an eligible institution that is a community college or a federally recognized tribal college in this state, the tuition and fee restraint rate described in article II of the state school JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m 1 aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1801 to 388.1830.

(5) It is the intent of the legislature that an eligible institution will not make reductive changes to institutional grant aid offered by that eligible institution that has the goal or net effect of shifting the cost burden of those programs to the program JHM S00944'25 (S-1)(S-1)_SB382_APS_1 r5d1q0n6gj0m described in this act.

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