Introduced
by
To authorize a nursing scholarship program to be paid for from the Michigan merit award trust fund. Each scholarship recipient could receive up to $4,000 annually for a maximum of four academic years. Eligible costs would include tuition and fees, room, board, books, supplies, transportation, and day care. See also Senate Bill 792.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Substitute offered
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
To authorize a nursing scholarship program to be paid for from the Michigan merit award trust fund. Each scholarship recipient could receive up to $4,000 annually for a maximum of four academic years. Eligible costs would include tuition and fees, room, board, books, supplies, transportation, and day care. See also House Bill 6054.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with a version which would allow unused money appropriated in a given year for this program from the merit scholarship fund, and repayments from borrowers received during the year, to revert to the state general fund at the end of the year, rather than being retained in the loan program.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
To expand the places a new nurse could work and still abide by the terms of the loan.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 102 to 0 (details)
To authorize a nursing scholarship program to be paid for from the Michigan merit award trust fund. Each scholarship recipient could receive up to $4,000 annually for a maximum of four academic years. Eligible costs would include tuition and fees, room, board, books, supplies, transportation, and day care. See also House Bill 6054.
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
