Michigan Promise Scholarship
The Michigan Promise Scholarship was a merit-based scholarship program in the state of Michigan that provided up to $4,000 towards post-secondary education at any approved Michigan institution to qualifying Michigan high school graduates.[1] The full amount was reserved for students attending at least two-year programs.[2]
History
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In 1999, Michigan legislature enacted in Public Act 94 the Michigan Merit Award. Designed to benefit graduating seniors between 2000 and 2006, it granted up to $3,000.00 to students who performed exceptionally well on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests.[3] On December 21, 2006, Governor Granholm signed Public Act 479 establishing the Michigan Promise Scholarship to replace that award.[4]
Eligibility
[edit]Students were eligible to receive the scholarship if they had taken the entire Michigan Merit Examination (MME) in their junior or senior year of high school and received at least a score of Level 1 or Level 2 on all components. The scholarship was dispersed in installments, with $1,000.00 available at the start of each of the first and second years and the balance payable after completion of the second year.[5] In order to maintain eligibility, a student's GPA at the approved institution couldn't drop below 2.5. If the program a student attended didn't assign grades, the student had to provide proof of having successfully completed the program.
Current State
[edit]The State of Michigan discontinued the Michigan Promise Scholarship until further notice due to lack of funding. [6]
References
[edit]- ^ State of Michigan website: Student Financial Aid-Approved Postsecondary Educational Institutions
- ^ State of Michigan website: Student Financial Aid-Promise Scholarship factsheet
- ^ State of Michigan website: Student Financial Aid homepage-Michigan Merit Award
- ^ State of Michigan website: Student Financial Aid- Michigan Promise Scholarship
- ^ "Michigan Promise Grant Act, Act 479 of 2006" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ State of Michigan website: Student Financial Aid- Michigan Promise Scholarship