262.

SCHOLARSHIP AID, TO BE USED TO DEFRAY ALL OR
PART OF THE COST OF TUITION, ROOM AND BOARD AT
ANY OF THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS SET FORTH
IN SECTION 261 OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO BE GRANTED IN
UNITS OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00)
FOR EACH YEAR OF THE AWARD. EACH SENATOR MAY
AWARD EACH YEAR A TOTAL OF FIFTY-EIGHT UNITS OF
SCHOLARSHIP AID PROVIDED THAT NO SINGLE AWARD
TO A RECIPIENT MAY EXCEED FOUR SIX UNITS FOR EACH
YEAR OF THE FOUR YEARS OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDY,
OR A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN TWENTY-FOUR UNITS.

Any award to be made according to the provisions of this
subtitle shall be given only to an applicant who has met the following
conditions: (1) that he shall have passed, in the academic year pre-
ceding that for which the award is to be made, a competitive exami-
nation to be administered by the State Scholarship Board in accord-
ance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by that
Board, the pertinent results of which shall be transmitted to the
respective participating institutions and to the respective appointing
authorities, EXCEPT THAT WHEN AN AWARD IS MADE TO
A STUDENT WHO IS ALREADY ENROLLED IN AN INSTITU-
TION OF HIGHER LEARNING AND IS IN GOOD ACADEMIC
STANDING, THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN EXAMINATION
IS WAIVED, (2) that he shall have been, at the time of the exami-
nation, a resident of the State and of the senatorial district OR SUB-
DISTRICT of the State for which the award is provided, FROM
WHICH HE SEEKS APPOINTMENT, except as otherwise pro-
vided elsewhere in this article, (3) that he shall have been accepted
for admission to the regular undergraduate program of the institu-
tion at which the award is to be used and (4) that he shall have
accepted any other conditions attached to the granting of the award
by the law or by regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The respec-
tive appointing authorities, in making their appointments, shall take
into consideration the financial needs of the several applicants as
determined by the State Scholarship Board in accordance with the
uniform rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by that
Board, which shall be so prepared and applied as to assure that defi-
nite financial need shall be a prerequisite to receiving an award
under the provisions of this section. Once appointed to receive an
award according to the provisions of this section, a student shall be
entitled to hold the award for four academic years, except as other-
wise provided elsewhere in this section; provided that he becomes
and remains enrolled in the institution at which the award is used
in a full-time (minimum 12 semester hours) program of under-
graduate study leading to the granting of a degree; and provided,
further, that after his original appointment he continues to be a
resident of the State. IN ANY SENATORIAL DISTRICT WHERE

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(e) The value of any award to an institution listed in Category I,

in the discretion of the Senate, may be divided among two or more

recipients, but no recipient may receive an award of less than five
hundred dollars ($500.00) in value.

264. 263.