Michigan Laws 390.1244 – Approval of application by department; report to legislature; determination by department of state police
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 390.1244
- Academic year: means the period from September 1 of a calendar year to August 31 of the next calendar year. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- Eligible student: means a child or surviving spouse of a Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter who was or is killed in the line of duty. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- Eligible tuition: means the tuition charged by a state institution of higher education for an undergraduate class. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Line of duty: means an action that a Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is obligated or authorized to perform by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law, including, but not limited to, a social, ceremonial, or athletic function that the Michigan police officer or Michigan fire fighter is assigned to or compensated for by the public agency he or she serves. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- Michigan fire fighter: means a member including volunteer members and members paid on call of a fire department, or other organization that provides fire suppression and other fire-related services, of a city, township, village, or county who is responsible for or is in a capacity that includes responsibility for the extinguishment of fires. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- Michigan police officer: means a sheriff or sheriff's deputy of a sheriff's department in this state; village or township marshal of a village or township in this state; officer of the police department of any city, village, or township in this state; officer of the Michigan state police; or any other police officer or law enforcement officer trained and licensed or certified under the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- State institution of higher education: means a public community or junior college established under section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963 or part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
- Traumatic injury: means a wound or the condition of the body caused by external force, including, but not limited to, an injury inflicted by bullet, explosive, sharp instrument, blunt object or other physical blow, fire, smoke, chemical, electricity, climatic condition, infectious disease, radiation, or bacteria, but excluding an injury resulting from stress, strain, or occupational disease. See Michigan Laws 390.1242
(1) Beginning in the 2012-2013 academic year, if it receives an application under section 3(2)(c) and subject to subsection (4), the department shall determine whether the applicant and the courses for which a survivor’s tuition grant is sought meet the requirements of section 3 and, if so, shall approve the application and notify the state institution of higher education that it has approved the application.
(2) All of the following apply if the department approves a survivor’s tuition grant under subsection (1):
(a) The department shall disburse the survivor’s tuition grant money to the state institution of higher education that the student attends, according to a payment procedure established by the department.
(b) The institution shall only apply money received under subdivision (a) on a student’s behalf to the student’s outstanding indebtedness for eligible tuition.
(3) The department annually shall report to the legislature the number of individuals who received survivor’s tuition grants in the preceding academic year and the total amount of those grants; which state institutions of higher education those students attended; and the total amount disbursed to each institution.
(4) If it receives an application under section 3(2)(c), the department shall submit the evidence provided by the applicant that he or she is an eligible student to the department of state police for a determination of whether the Michigan police officer‘s or Michigan fire fighter‘s death was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty. The department shall not award a survivor’s tuition grant unless the department of state police determines that the death was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty.