Section R. 390.1751 - DefinitionsRule 1.
(1) As used in these rules:(a) "Act" means Act No. 102 of the Public Acts of 1986, being S390.1281 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(b) "APTG" means the adult part-time grant program as established by the act.(c) "Authority" means the Michigan higher education assistance authority created by Act No. 77 of the Public Acts of 1960, as amended, being S390.951 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(d) "Campus-based aid" means the federal financial aid programs administered by the financial aid officer at a participating postsecondary school. These programs shall include supplemental educational opportunity grants, college work-study, and Perkins loans.(e) "Default" means failure to comply with the terms of a loan guaranteed by the authority so that the authority finds it necessary to reimburse the lending institution for the balance of the loan.(f) "Degree-granting educational institution" means a public or nonpublic postsecondary college or university located within the state of Michigan which is approved by the Michigan state board of education and is eligible to be listed in the Michigan department of education's publication entitled "Directory of Michigan Institutions of Higher Education."(g) "Educational expenses" means student costs related to attendance as specified by the participating postsecondary school. These expenses may include tuition and fees charged to the student and a reasonable allowance for room and board, transportation, books and equipment, and incidental expenses.(h) "Higher education act" means title IV of the federal higher education act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. S1070 et seq.(i) "Incarcerated" means currently interned in a correctional facility on either a fulltime or a part-time basis.(j) "Part-time" means enrollment for between 3 and 11 semester or term hours. This determination shall be made on an enrollment count date that is established by each participating postsecondary school each enrollment period for all students being funded under the APTG program.(k) "Perkins loans" means the Perkins loan program established under the federal higher education act.(l) "Permanent resident" means an applicant who is classified as a permanent resident by the United States immigration and naturalization service for the APTG program award period in question.(m) "Resident" means an independent student who has lived in Michigan continuously for a minimum of 12 months immediately preceding the participating postsecondary school's APTG award period and who is not considered a resident of any other state.(n) "Satisfactory academic progress" means compliance with the standards established by the participating postsecondary school of enrollment pursuant to the higher education act regarding minimal criteria of academic progress needed to maintain eligibility for the federal campus-based student aid programs.(o) "Student aid" means any scholarship, grant, loan, or employment aid that an applicant receives from any source other than the APTG program.(p) "Undergraduate program" means courses that are applicable or transferrable to a baccalaureate or lower degree or certificate. A program shall be not less than 9 months in length.(2) Terms defined in the act have the same meanings when used in these rules.Mich. Admin. Code R. 390.1751