Michigan Promise Scholarship

[1] The full amount was reserved for students attending at least two-year programs.

Designed to benefit graduating seniors between 2000 and 2006, it granted up to $3,000.00 to students who performed exceptionally well on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests.

[3] On December 21, 2006, Governor Granholm signed Public Act 479 establishing the Michigan Promise Scholarship to replace that award.

[4] Students were eligible to receive the scholarship if they had taken the entire Michigan Merit Examination (MME) in their junior or senior year of high school and received at least a score of Level 1 or Level 2 on all components.

[5] In order to maintain eligibility, a student's GPA at the approved institution couldn't drop below 2.5.