Sec. 4.

(1) Beginning in the 2012-2013 academic year, if it receives an application under section 3(2)(c) and subject to subsection (4), the department shall determine whether the applicant and the courses for which a survivor's tuition grant is sought meet the requirements of section 3 and, if so, shall approve the application and notify the state institution of higher education that it has approved the application.

(2) All of the following apply if the department approves a survivor's tuition grant under subsection (1):

(a) The department shall disburse the survivor's tuition grant money to the state institution of higher education that the student attends, according to a payment procedure established by the department.

(b) The institution shall only apply money received under subdivision (a) on a student's behalf to the student's outstanding indebtedness for eligible tuition.

(3) The department annually shall report to the legislature the number of individuals who received survivor's tuition grants in the preceding academic year and the total amount of those grants; which state institutions of higher education those students attended; and the total amount disbursed to each institution.

(4) If it receives an application under section 3(2)(c), the department shall submit the evidence provided by the applicant that he or she is an eligible student to the department of state police for a determination of whether the Michigan police officer's or Michigan fire fighter's death was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty. The department shall not award a survivor's tuition grant unless the department of state police determines that the death was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury incurred in the line of duty.

History: 1996, Act 195, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1996 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 470, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012