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Home » US Law » 2022 Michigan Compiled Laws » Chapter 390 - Universities and Colleges » Act 366 of 2020 - Compensation of College Athletes (390.1731 - 390.1741) » Section 390.1731 – “Postsecondary Educational Institution” Defined; Prohibition on Rules, Requirement, Standard, or Limitation on College Athletes Earning Compensation.
390.1731 “Postsecondary educational institution” defined; prohibition on rules, requirement, standard, or limitation on college athletes earning compensation.

Sec. 1.

(1) As used in this act, “postsecondary educational institution” means a public or private institution in this state that offers a degree or course of study beyond the twelfth grade and receives state or federal funding of any kind.

(2) A postsecondary educational institution shall not uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student of that institution from fully participating in intercollegiate athletics based upon the student earning compensation as a result of the student’s use of his or her name, image, or likeness rights. Earning compensation from the use of a student’s name, image, or likeness rights shall not affect a student’s scholarship eligibility or renewal.

History: 2020, Act 366, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2021