Michigan § 390.975 - First-year scholarships; number awarded; renewal; duration; limitation on appropriation; award of residual scholarships.

(1) There must be awarded for each academic year the number of first-year scholarships that may be financed through available money. Of this number not less than 3 scholarships may be awarded to residents of each legislative district, and the balance of the scholarships must be awarded to residents of the state at large.

(2) Each scholarship described in subsection (1) must be renewed by the department upon application of the student awarded the first-year scholarship without further examination if the applicant remains eligible under sections 4 and 6 and is in compliance with rules promulgated by the department.

(3) A scholarship may be renewed for not more than 10 semesters or its equivalent in trimesters or quarters of undergraduate education, or the equivalent as determined by the department for less than full-time but more than half-time students.

(4) Beginning after October 1, 1988, a scholarship may be awarded for not more than 6 semesters or its equivalent in trimesters, quarters, or terms of graduate education, or the equivalent as determined by the department for less than full-time but more than half-time students. Money may not be appropriated for purposes of this subsection for any fiscal year unless the amount appropriated under this act for that fiscal year for state competitive scholarships for undergraduate education equals or exceeds the amount appropriated for the state competitive scholarship program for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987.

(5) A residual scholarship must be awarded to a qualifying applicant who does not receive an initial scholarship award, but who may be eligible for an award later in the year or during an academic year when initial recipients relinquish their scholarship awards.