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§ 13-101. University of Maryland Global Campus

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: July 1, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Education (Refs & Annos)
Division III. Higher Education [Titles 10-20] (Refs & Annos)
Title 13. University of Maryland--General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. Branches, Commissions, and Institutes (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2019
MD Code, Education, § 13-101
§ 13-101. University of Maryland Global Campus
Currentness
Legislative intent
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the University of Maryland Global Campus:
(1) Operate as Maryland's open university serving nontraditional students who reside in Maryland, the United States, and throughout the world;
(2) Provide the citizens of Maryland with affordable, open access higher education; and
(3) Continue as a leader in distributed higher education.
Global Campus as instrumentality of the State
(b)(1) There is a University of Maryland Global Campus which is not a new constituent institution of the University System of Maryland.
(2) As a constituent institution of the University System of Maryland, the University of Maryland Global Campus is an instrumentality of the State.
(3) The exercise by the University of Maryland Global Campus of its powers, including its overseas operations, is the performance of an essential public function.
Overseas operations
(c) The provisions of § 12-105(a) of this article do not apply to the overseas operations of the University of Maryland Global Campus. The institution may spend the appropriation without the approval of the Board of Public Works and without submitting a detailed budget schedule to the Board of Public Works.
Annual financial information statements
(d) The University of Maryland Global Campus shall prepare an annual financial information statement for the next following fiscal year and shall submit the statement to the Department of Budget and Management each year before October 1. The annual financial information statement shall include for the next following fiscal year:
(1) An estimate of the total revenues of the University of Maryland Global Campus, including revenues from tuitions, fees, gifts, grants, and interest income;
(2) An estimate of the value of services which the other units of the University System of Maryland and other State agencies provide to the University of Maryland Global Campus; and
(3) An estimate of the total cost of salaries and personnel benefits for employees of the University of Maryland Global Campus.
Interest or income credited to Global Campus
(e)(1) The interest or income from the investment of the funds of the University of Maryland Global Campus by the State Treasurer shall be credited to the University of Maryland Global Campus.
(2) Any unexpended or unencumbered balance of the annual appropriation for the University of Maryland Global Campus, except any appropriation from the General Fund of the State, shall not revert to the General Fund of the State at the end of the State's fiscal year.
Purchase, lease, or rental of motor vehicles and information processing equipment
(f) The University of Maryland Global Campus may:
(1) Purchase, lease, or rent motor vehicles for use in overseas programs; and
(2) Purchase, lease, or rent mechanical or electronic data or information processing equipment and related services for its overseas programs.
Audited financial statements
(g)(1) Each year the University of Maryland Global Campus shall cause an independent certified public accountant to prepare audited financial statements of the University of Maryland Global Campus in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards accompanied by the auditor's report on the statements.
(2) The provisions of § 12-105(f) of this article do not apply to the University of Maryland Global Campus overseas programs.

Credits

Added as Education § 13-114 by Acts 1983, c. 555, § 1, eff. July 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1984, c. 285, § 2; Acts 1985, c. 11, § 4; Acts 1985, c. 717, § 1. Renumbered as Education § 13-101 and amended by Acts 1988, c. 246, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 349, § 13, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 5, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2005, c. 357, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Acts 2016, c. 25, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2019, c. 40, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.
MD Code, Education, § 13-101, MD EDUC § 13-101
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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