Bill > HB4958

This bill modifies the Michigan National Guard tuition assistance program by making several key changes. The bill updates the existing tuition assistance program administered by the Adjutant General, which provides financial support for National Guard members' education. Key provisions include allowing the Adjutant General to determine the amount of tuition assistance available each academic year, permitting eligible persons to apply for assistance before or after enrolling in an educational institution, and establishing that the program covers courses leading to vocational training, certificates, or undergraduate and graduate degrees. The bill introduces a new provision allowing family members (a spouse or dependent child) to potentially use an eligible person's tuition assistance under certain conditions. Additionally, the bill changes the financial management of the tuition assistance fund, specifically limiting the fund's balance to $15 million and mandating that any unencumbered balance remaining at the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025, will be transferred to the Michigan National Guard member benefits fund. The bill also maintains existing requirements that recipients maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA and may need to reimburse the fund if they do not complete their course of study, with exceptions for military deployments. Notably, the bill will only take effect if certain related legislative bills are also enacted.

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