§ 18-303. Eligibility for awards
West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: July 1, 2023
Effective: July 1, 2023
MD Code, Education, § 18-303
§ 18-303. Eligibility for awards
(a) Subject to subsection (e) of this section, each recipient of a Delegate Howard P. Rawlings Educational Excellence Award shall:
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each recipient of a Guaranteed Access Grant shall:
Exemption from grant recipient requirements for individual who has successfully obtained a high school diploma by examination
(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an individual who has successfully obtained a high school diploma by examination under § 11-808 of the Labor and Employment Article is exempt from the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
(d)(1) To determine the annual family income eligibility of an applicant for a Guaranteed Access Grant, the Office or an institution of higher education that complies with § 18-303.3 of this subtitle may not consider an amount received by the applicant as an earned income credit under § 32 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a student in grade 7 or grade 8 who applies and qualifies for a Guaranteed Access Grant on the basis of financial need as established by the Commission shall prequalify for a Guaranteed Access Grant to be used at the time of enrollment in an institution of higher education by agreeing in writing, as a secondary and undergraduate student, to:
Credits
Added as Education § 18-302 by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1979, c. 465; Acts 1984, c. 87; Acts 1987, c. 445; Acts 1988, c. 246, §§ 2, 4; Acts 1989, c. 5, § 9; Acts 1991, c. 462, § 3. Renumbered as Education § 18-303 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 694, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2000, c. 490, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Acts 2000, c. 581, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Acts 2002, c. 314, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 315, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 429, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 21, § 1, eff. April 8, 2003; Acts 2007, c. 491, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007; Acts 2016, c. 33, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 689, § 3, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 690, § 3, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2018, c. 388, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 388, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2018, c. 389, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 389, § 2, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2018, c. 812, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 813, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2021, c. 578, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 23, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 634, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 77A, § 57.
MD Code, Education, § 18-303, MD EDUC § 18-303
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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