Tuition grants are established by the state to foster the pursuit of higher education by resident students enrolled in independent nonprofit colleges or universities in the state, which have filed with the board of education a certificate of assurance of compliance with title 6 of the civil rights act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, 77 Stat. 241, as in effect on January 1, 1966, whose instructional programs are not comprised solely of sectarian instruction or religious worship, and which are approved by the state board of education.
MCL 390.991