Allocation for FAFSA completion ticket to tuition incentive.

Sec. 236k. From the amount described under section 248(7) for marketing of the Michigan achievement scholarship and other state scholarship programs, $1,000,000.00 must be allocated for the FAFSA completion ticket to tuition incentive. The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall use funds described under this section to run a promotional activity to promote completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the first time consistent with the promotional-activity exception provided for in section 372(2) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.372. The promotional activity must offer prize funds that are available to a number, chosen by the department, of Michigan residents who are selected at random in a manner that ensures geographic diversity across this state, including at least 1 recipient from the Upper Peninsula, who satisfactorily demonstrate to the department that they have completed the FAFSA for the first time.