Section R. 390.1721 - DefinitionsRule 1.
(1) As used in these rules:(a) "Act" means Act No. 273 of the Public Acts of 1986, being S390.1401 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(b) "Application" means the period of time covered by the MEOG award at the school of attendance.(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) "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.(g) "Financial need" means the positive difference found by the participating postsecondary school between the applicant's educational expenses and any reasonable family unit contribution identified consistent with current need analysis review procedures approved for use with campus-based title IV federal student aid programs as provided for under the federal higher education act. Other sources of student aid to be received by the applicant for the award period in question shall be included by the school in the computation of financial need.(h) "Full-time study" means enrollment for 12 or more semester credit hours or its equivalent in trimester or quarter hours or the equivalent of 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours per academic year for institutions using credit hours to measure progress, but not using semester, trimester, or quarter hours. Full-time study during the summer session following the regular academic year means enrollment for the number of credit hours defined as full-time by the postsecondary school. Enrollment status shall be determined as of a uniform date established each enrollment period by the postsecondary school for all MEOG recipients.(i) "Half-time study" means enrollment for not less than 6, but not more than 11, semester credit hours or term/quarter equivalent per enrollment period or for not less than half of the credit hours defined as full-time in subdivision (h) of this subrule. Enrollment status shall be determined as of a uniform date established each enrollment period by the school for all MEOG recipients.(j) "Higher education act" means title IV of the federal higher education act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. S1070 et seq.(k) "Incarcerated" means currently interned in a corrections facility on either a fulltime or a part-time basis.(l) "Independent or self-supporting status" means current federal requirements, as defined in 34 C.F.R. S668.1a, as amended, have been met concerning conditions under which parental resources can be disregarded in the computation of a student's eligibility for financial aid.(m) "MEOG" means the Michigan educational opportunity grant program as established by the act.(n) "Parental unit" means the natural parents, adoptive parents, legal guardians, stepparents, or other individuals required by the postsecondary school to complete the financial application for title IV campus-based federal student aid for a dependent student.(o) "Pell grants" means the federal pell grant program established under the federal higher education act.(p) "Perkins loans" means the Perkins loan program established under the federal higher education act.(q) "Permanent resident" means an applicant who is classified as a permanent resident by the United States immigration and naturalization service for the MEOG program award period in question.(r) "Resident" means either of the following:(i) For a dependent student who does not meet current federal guidelines for independent or self-supporting status as provided for under the federal higher education act, it means that the student's home address formally recognized by the school as the basis for residency documentation has been in Michigan for a minimum of 12 months immediately preceding the postsecondary school's MEOG award period and that the school does not consider the student a resident of any other state.(ii) For an independent student who does meet current federal guidelines for independent or self-supporting status as provided for under the federal higher education act, it means that the student involved has resided in Michigan continuously for a minimum of 12 months immediately preceding the postsecondary school's MEOG award period and that the student involved is not considered a resident of any other state.(s) "Satisfactory academic progress" means compliance with the standards established by the participating postsecondary school of enrollment pursuant to the federal higher education act regarding minimal criteria of academic progress needed to maintain eligibility for the federal campus-based student aid programs.(t) "Student aid" means scholarship, grant, loan, or employment aid that the applicant might receive from any source other than the MEOG program.(u) "Undergraduate program of study" 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.(v) "Year" means the full academic year, which is comprised of the academic year that is consistent with the fiscal year for which funds were appropriated plus the immediately following summer session.(2) Terms defined in the act have the same meanings when used in these rules.Mich. Admin. Code R. 390.1721