2006 House Bill 6302 ↩

Senate Roll Call 860: Passed

To replace the Michigan merit award scholarship program, which provides a $2,500 college or vocational training scholarship to high school students who do well on the state assessment test, and a $500 award to middle schoolers who do well on state tests, with a new "Michigan Promise Grant" that gives $4,000 to students in installments. High school graduates with qualifying scores on the state's assessment test would receive $1,000 in their first year of post-secondary schooling, $1,000 in their second year, and $2,000 after two years if they have maintained a 2.5 grade point average (out of 4.0 points), and completed an associates degree program, a vocational education program, or half of the requirements for a bachelor's degree. The first two installments would go to the school, and schools would have to return it to the state for students who fail to complete enrolled classes (drop out). The scholarship would not be available for students who attend out-of-state schools. The program would cost the state less in 2007 and 2008 due to the installment payments, but would add $64 million to the total cost beginning in the 2009-2010 school year.