scholarships
Higher Ed Budget Cuts Promise Grants
The $4,000 scholarship for 96,000 Michigan college students was eliminated under a higher education conference committee report just reported out on a 4–2 vote.
Chair Rep. Joan Bauer (D-Lansing) voted against the budget along with Sen. Jim Barcia (D-Bay City). While it is unusual for a chair to oppose their own budget bill, Ms. Bauer said she couldn’t support the cuts to the Promise Grant and other scholarship programs.
Rep. George Cushingberry Jr. (D-Detroit) joined the three Republican members in voting the conference report approved.
Mr. Cushingberry said he plans to bring up a supplemental budget out at some point to restore funding for the Promise Grant.
MI Promise Scholarship - MASSP Testifies Before Committee
Dear Representative Bauer and Committee Members:
Today, Michigan Legislators are facing many difficult, unpopular
decisions. As high school principals who are put between ‘a rock and a hard place’ each day, we empathize with what you are going through.
In 1999, MASSP provided testimony to the Senate as to the critical need for an award system that would provide an incentive for students to take the HS MEAP. MASSP has not wavered in our support of the
Clarification on ACT Qualifying Score to Establish Eligibility for Installment Payments of the MI Promise
MEMORANDUM
TO: Local and Intermediate School District Superintendents, High School Principals, High School Counselors
FROM:Michael P. Flanagan, Superintendent of Public Schools
DATE: March 4, 2009
SUBJECT: CLARIFICATION ON ACT Qualifying Score to Establish Eligibility for Installment Payments of the Michigan Promise Scholarship
Future Education $$$ Cuts, may include MI Promise Scholarship
Michigan may cut students' merit aid College grants face ax as state looks to cut $1B from budget; plan would save up to $200M a year.
Marisa Schultz / The Detroit News, December 16, 2008
The Michigan Promise Grant, which comprises more than 40 percent of the state's student financial aid, may be scrapped starting with the high school class of 2010 as part of an effort to slash more than $1 billion from the state's ailing budget.
Michigan Students Learn to Lead with Help from Scholarship Program
In July, high school students from throughout the state will attend a highly acclaimed camp that helps them develop their leadership potential. Unfortunately, many schools do not have the funds to help their students attend this life-enhancing camp. And, many eligible students cannot pay their own way.
