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BEM 245 5 of 13 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND STUDENT STATUS BPB 2026-012 5-1-2026

BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• Physically or mentally unfit for employment. • Employed for at least an average of 20 hours per week and paid for such employment. • Self-employed for at least an average of 20 hours per week and earning an average weekly income at least equivalent to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours. • Participating in an on-the-job training program. A person is considered to be participating in an on-the-job training program only during the period of time the person is being trained by the employer. • Participating in a state or federally-funded work study program (funded in full or in part under Title IV-C of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended) during the regular school year.

To qualify under this provision the student must be approved for work study during the school term and anticipate actually working during that time. The exemption: • Starts the month the school term begins or the month work study is approved, whichever is later. • Continues until the end of the month in which the school term ends, or when the local office becomes aware that the student has refused a work-study assignment. • Remains between terms or semesters when the break is less than a full month, or the student is still participating in work study during the break. • Providing more than half of the physical care of a group member under the age of six. • Providing more than half of the physical care of a group member age six through eleven and the local office has determined adequate child care is not available to: • Enable the person to attend class and work at least 20 hours per week. • Participate in a state or federally-financed work study program during the regular school year.