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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 703
(House Bill 903)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 211(a)
of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Supple-
ment), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 18. High
Schools," to provide that inmates of any correctional institution
within the State of Maryland, seventeen (17) years of age or older,
shall be eligible to obtain a Maryland certificate of High School
Equivalence, without regard to the one year residency require-
ment.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 211(a) of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chap-
ter 18. High Schools," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

211.

(a) Any person who has not obtained a high school certificate
or diploma and who has resided in Maryland or on a federal reserva-
tion within the State of Maryland for at least one year and (1) who
is 17 years of age or older and has been withdrawn from a regular
full-time public or private school program for at least six months,
or (2) who is a member of the armed forces of the United States and
is 17 years of age or older, or, (3) who is an inmate of any correc-
tional institution within the State of Maryland and is 17 years of age
or older, irrespective of the aforementioned one year residency re-
quirement, may obtain an equivalent certificate in accordance with
this section. The State Board of Education may waiver the age
and/or residence requirements of this section, if they deem such
waiver justified.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 704
(House Bill 905)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 17 (e) of
Article 95A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement
Volume), title "Unemployment Insurance Law," subtitle "Penal-
ties," to provide for the repayment from benefits under certain
conditions of funds illegally received.